Cairo Genizah : Legal document; medical

Legal document; medical (T-S 8J5.20)

Recto: Elʿazar b. Tamīm (known as Ibn Raṣṣāṣī) releases Elʿazar b. Benjamin. Dated Nisan 4918 of the Era of Creation (= 1158 CE), with an addendum. Verso: draft of a chapter from a medical book or a medical notebook, dealing with neoplasms.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 8J5.20
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Date of Creation: 1158 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew; Aramaic; Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Elʿazar b. Tamīm (known as Ibn Raṣṣāṣī); Elʿazar b. Benjamin
Note(s): Associated manuscripts: T-S 8J5.19
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 16.5 cm, width: 11.6 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: holes, rubbed, faded
Layout: 16 lines + marginalia (recto); 20 lines (verso)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL

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Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 8J5.20
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Date of Creation: 1158 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew; Aramaic; Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Elʿazar b. Tamīm (known as Ibn Raṣṣāṣī); Elʿazar b. Benjamin
Note(s): Associated manuscripts: T-S 8J5.19
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 16.5 cm, width: 11.6 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: holes, rubbed, faded
Layout: 16 lines + marginalia (recto); 20 lines (verso)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL