Leaves from Maimonides’ Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms II:51-III:9, V:23-41, in the Hebrew translation of Moses ibn Tibbon, corresponding to Muntner (1961) edition pp. 49-55, 100-6. Topics touched upon include the necessity of avoiding quick changes to temperature and the condition of the body, possible illnesses brought on by the change of season and sudden changes in weather during a day, by Northern and Southern winds, cold applications as cures for haemorrhage, care of pregnant women, the connections between vomiting blood and menstruation, connections between breast tone and the life or death of the foetus carried by a pregnant woman and other problems related to pregnancy and menstruation. Ca. mid 14th century.Condition: Holes, stainedLayout: 33 lines + marginalia
Recto: Hippocrates, Aphorisms, in Arabic translation, giving aphorisms I:1-2. The text opens with a basmala followed by the title. Verso: Arabic writing exercises and the title of Hippocrates’ Aphorisms.
Part of an Arabic translation of Hippocrates, Prognosis (Arabic title: Kitāb taqdimat al-maʿrifa), describing the correct way of advising patients, with instructions to reassure them while explaining the nature of their ailments. Verso contains a portion of the title of the work and the name al-šaykh Ibrāhīm Ibn al-ḎahabīCondition: Torn, holes, rubbed, stainedLayout: 11 lines (recto); 4 lines (verso)
Parallel Hebrew translations of Hippocrates, Aphorisms IV: 56-61, and Galen’s commentary on the Aphorisms, arranged in two facing columns down the page. Each section is marked off with a large heading: ‘Galen said’ (אמר גלינוס), in the left column, and ‘Hippocrates said’ (אמר אבוקרט), on the right.Condition: Torn, holes, slightly rubbed, slightly stainedLayout: 23 lines; 2 columns
Hebrew translation of Maimonides’ commentary on Hippocrates, Aphorisms V:60-62, 66-68, in Moses ibn Tibbon’s version (ed. Muntner Jerusalem 1961, pp. 113, 116).Condition: Badly tornLayout: 9 lines
Tiny fragments of the Hebrew translation of Maimonides’ commentary on Hippocrates, Aphorisms, in Moses ibn Tibbon’s version.Condition: Badly tornLayout: 4 lines
Hebrew translation of Maimonides’ commentary on Hippocrates, Aphorisms II:24-25, 29-31, in Moses ibn Tibbon’s version (ed. Muntner Jerusalem 1961, pp. 39-42).Condition: Torn, slightly stainedLayout: 12 lines + marginalia