| BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR RECORD Halper 456 | |
| TITLE | |
| Title Statement | [Treatise on amulets] |
| CREATOR | |
| Personal Name | Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia 1240 ca. 1292 |
| SUBJECT | |
| Personal Name | Moses Maimonides 1135 1204 |
| Topical term | Shavuot , Liturgy, Texts |
| Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew | |
| Amulets (Judaism) , to 1800 , Early works to 1800 | |
| Medicine, , to 1800 , Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, early works to 1800. | |
| Medicine, Medieval | |
| Jews , Medicine , to 1800 , Early works to 1800 | |
| Leprosy , Treatment , to 1800 , Early works to 1800 | |
| Weight gain , to 1800 , Early works to 1800. | |
| Cabala | |
| Philosophy, Medieval, in literature. | |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| General Notes | Fol. 1r, under the heading פזמון, is Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia's kabbalic poem for Shavuot אשתעשע במש(א)ל קדמון, which ends in praise for Maimonides. See Steinschneider, Koṿets ʹal yad, sidrah 1, kerehh 1 (1885), p. 4, 15. Followed by Hebrew instructions for preparing a prescription for sorts of leprosy. Together they are 17 lines, the remainder of the page is empty. Fol. 1v contains various remedies in Judeo-Arabic. Fol. 2v contains a potion in Hebrew for a thin man or woman who wishes to be fat; remainder of the page is empty. |
| Provenance | Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library). Amram. |
| Linking entry complexity note | Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection |
| Language | Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. Hebrew, Byzantine(?), Italian(?) , semi-cursive |
| CONTRIBUTOR | |
| Corporate Name | Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library). |
| DATE | |
| Date | [Byzantium or Italy, 14th century?] |
| FORMAT | |
| Extent | 2 fols. (bifolium: recto=1r|2v; verso=2r|1v): |
| Other Physical Detail | complete, fading ; fol. 2r is empty, |
| Material | Paper |
| Dimensions | 15.5 X 11.2 cm |
| Material Applied to Surface | black ink |
| Information Recording Technique | |
| Location Within Medium | columns:1, lines: 18 (1r), 19 (1v), 2 (2v). |
| IDENTIFIER | |
| Call Number | Halper 456 |
| Uniform Resource Identifier for record | http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.4/10669-record |
| Uniform Resource Identifier for facsimile | http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.4/10669 |
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| Additional physical form available note | Online version available |
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| Additional physical form available note | Online version available |
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