Manuscript, medical compositions. [Persia, 17th/18th century].
Charming semi-cursive Oriental script (similar to the Baghdad script). Compilation of medical compositions in Judeo-Persian and in Hebrew. Incomplete.
Title at the beginning of the manuscript: "Kitab Kifaya Mansuri" - medical composition in Judeo-Persian [also called "Kifaya-yi Mujahidiya"]. This composition is missing the second half and is followed by a Hebrew medical composition starting someplace in the middle of the work, with the titles: The Nature of Foods, The Nature of Herbs, The Nature of the Composites, and more.
Long marginalia on some leaves in Judeo-Persian [in Judeo-Persian writing, from a later time]. Judeo-Persian inscriptions and sketches appear on the blank leaves at the end of the manuscript.
The manuscript is lacking in a few places. Pagination: 1-17, 33-57, 61, 64-89, 11-14. Total of 75 written leaves. Approximately 21 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Coarse tears to several leaves. Detached leaves. Without binding.
The original binding was separated and disassembled. Ancient handwritten leaves were found "hidden" inside (from the 17th century Baghdad and Hamadan communities and more), see next item.