Colophon; medical T-S K6.124
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Colophon; medical T-S K6.124
- Date:
- 6th-19th century
- Description:
- End of a medical treatise regarding different kinds of food and drinks, their tastes and their influences on the body depending on the time and the amount. Studying this book is said to free one from the long-windedness of ‘quacksalvers’. According to the colophon (P2 f. 1v), the copy was prepared in Alexandria and the scribe wrote it for himself. The name of the scribe is deleted and the name of a new owner, Abraham b. Saʿadya, is added below the colophon.Condition: Holes, rubbedLayout: 8–15 lines
- Language:
- Judeo-Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Alexandria
- Provenance:
- Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Medium:
- Paper
- Extent:
- 4 leaves (2 bifolia). Leaf: (height: 13.3 cm, width: 17.5 cm)
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Library
- Rights:
- This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk.
This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. - Identifier:
- T-S K6.124
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection