Letter: Bodl. MS heb. f 102/29

Letter Bodl. MS heb. f 102/29

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Recto: Order from al-Shaykh al-Makīn of endive seed (bizr hindibāʾ), purslane seed (bizr rijla), unripe dates (busr), and sugar. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.) Verso: Page from a medical treatise (continuous with Bodl. MS heb. f 102/30 and Bodl. MS heb. f 102/31). In Judaeo-Arabic. This page discusses the management of black bilious tumor (al-waram al-sawdāwī), citing al-Rāzī and stating that the treatment is similar to that of "hardening" (cirrhosis?) of the liver (ṣalābat al-kabid). "As for what the physicians [...] in treating this disease..." (וממא . . . בה אלאטבא פי מדאואה הדא אלמרץ . . .).

Bodl. MS heb. f 102/29 29 recto

29 recto

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Bodl. MS heb. f 102/29 29 verso

29 verso
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