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Recto: two alchemical recipes, the first on the use of a water derived from a preparation of tutty (an oxide of zinc), which is left overnight to congeal into a stone; the second deals with a preparation with tartar (potassium tartarate) white sal ammoniac (in transliteration from Arabic here), copper, sulfur, salpeter (nitre, mineral of potassium nitrate), sea salt, and white copper, mentioning the use of a waterproof glass container and another vessel isolated with the clay of the sages (Ar. Ṭīn al-ḥikma, Lat. argilla philosophorum, lutum sapientiae). Verso: instructions for the production of an amulet for a barren woman, with magical characteres and two small Stars of David, and instructions for the production of an amulet for avoiding dangers on the road.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "16th-17th century" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Alchemy; medical; magical" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "CUL" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Paper" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "L-G Misc. 60" }, { "label": "Note(s)", "value": "The leaf appears to belong to a larger fragment that was torn lengthwise in half along a folding line. The leaf was previously folded in three parts along its length." }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Cairo Genizah" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Lewis, Agnes Smith, 1843-1926; Gibson, Margaret Dunlop, 1843-1920" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Hebrew (isolated Tiberian vocalisation)" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "35 lines (recto); 39 lines (verso)" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by Cambridge University Library. Zooming image © Cambridge University Library, All rights reserved. Images made available for download are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC 3.0) This metadata is published free of restrictions, under the terms of the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.", "structures": [{ "canvases": [ "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-LG-MISC-00060/canvas/1", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-LG-MISC-00060/canvas/2" ], "@type": "sc:Range", "@id": "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-LG-MISC-00060/range/DOCUMENT", "label": "Alchemy; medical; magical" }], "description": "
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