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2. Add MS 5931
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- Add MS 5931
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- Two medical texts
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript was produced in Egypt as confirmed by the use in the colophon (f. 184v, lines 7-8, transcribed below) of the Coptic date alongside the hijrī year. The copy was completed on 28 Hatūr 1393 (of the Coptic era)/28 Ramaḍān 1087/4 December 1676. A small note below the colophon gives the...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 28 Ramaḍān 1087
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Codex; ff. iii+185+iv
3. Add MS 5931, ff 2r-172v
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- Add MS 5931, ff 2r-172v
- Title:
- al-Kāfī fī ṣinā‘at al-ṭibb الكافي في صناعة الطب ‘Aynzarbī, ‘Adnān ibn Naṣr عينزربي، عدنان بن نصر
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- Treatise on medicine by Abū Naṣr ‘Adnān ibn Naṣr al-‘Aynzarbī (أبو نصر عدنان بن نصر العينزربي, d. 1153), personal physician to the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāfir bi-amr Allāh (الظافر بأمر الله, reg. 1149-54). The treatise is divided into 195 chapters (باب) describing diseases arranged from head to food...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 28 Ramaḍān 1087
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Ff. 2r-172v
4. Add MS 5931, ff 173r-185r
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- Add MS 5931, ff 173r-185r
- Title:
- Zād al-masīr fī ʿilāj al-bawāsīr زاد المسير في علاج البواسير Qawṣūnī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad قوصوني، محمد بن محمد
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- Treatise on the treatment of haemorrhoids by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Qawṣūnī (محمد بن محمد القوصوني, known as Qīṣūnīzādah [قيصوني زاده]), personal physician to the Ottoman sultans Suleiman I the Magnificent (سليمان اول, reg. 1520-66) and Selim II (سليم ثاني, reg. 1566-74). The treatise is divid...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 28 Ramaḍān 1087
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Ff. 173r-184v
5. Add MS 5932
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- Add MS 5932
- Title:
- al-Taqsīm wa-al-tashjīr التقسيم والتشجير al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā الرازي، أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا and Nihayat al-ikhtiṣār fī ‘ilm al-farā’iḍ نهاية الاختصار في علم الفرائض Ibn al-Labbān, Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh ابن اللبان، محمد بن عبد الله
- Scope & Content:
- The manuscript was copied in Egypt as indicated by the Coptic numerals used in the table of contents on ff. 3r-4v. Contents: (1) al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā (الرازي، أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا), al-Taqsīm wa-al-tashjīr (التقسيم والتشجير; ff. 1v-107r); (2) Ibn al-Labbān, Muḥammad ibn ‘A...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 13th century
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Codex; ff. iv+110+iv
6. Add MS 5932, ff 1v-107r
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- Add MS 5932, ff 1v-107r
- Title:
- al-Taqsīm wa-al-tashjīr التقسيم والتشجير Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā رازي، أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا
- Scope & Content:
- Guide to medical diagnosis and treatment by the physician and philosopher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرأزي; d. ca 925). The text is divided into 150 chapters (أبواب) each describing an ailment and methods for treating it. The chapters are arranged by affected ...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 13th century
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Ff. 1v-107r
7. Add MS 5932, ff 107v-110v
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- Add MS 5932, ff 107v-110v
- Title:
- Nihayat al-ikhtiṣār fī ‘ilm al-farā’iḍ نهاية الاختصار في علم الفرائض Ibn al-Labbān, Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh ابن اللبان، محمد بن عبد الله
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- Fragment of treatise on the calculation of inheritance shares (علم الفرائض) by Abū al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Faraḍī al-Baṣrī (أبو الحسين محمد بن عبد الله الفرضي البصري; d. 1011; see ff. 107v, line 2, transcribed below), known as Ibn al-Labbān (ابن اللبان; see ff. 107v, note in right-h...
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- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 13th century
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Ff. 107v-110v
8. Add MS 5934
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- Add MS 5934
- Title:
- Minhāj al-bayān fīmā yastaʿmiluhū al-insān منهاج البيان فيما يستعمله الإنسان Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ʿĪsá ابن جزلة، يحيى بن عيسى
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- Alphabetically arranged handbook on pharmacology by Abū ‘Alī Yahyá ibn ‘Īsá (أبو علي يحيى بن عيسى), known as Ibn Jazlah (ابن جزلة; d. 493/1100), composed for the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadī bi-Amr Allāh (المقتدي بأمر الله; reg. 1075-94, see f. 1v, line 11). The manuscript was collected by the Sco...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 13th century
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Codex; ff. iv+221+iv
9. Add MS 6026
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- Add MS 6026
- Title:
- Kitāb al-ḥikmah fī al-ṭibb كتاب الحكمة في الطب Qurashī, ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh قرشي، علي بن عبد الله
- Scope & Content:
- Collection of prescriptions, notes on materia medica, anecdotes and poetry concerning medicine and related topics drawn from various sources. The author is said to be Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad al-Qurashī (أبو الحسن علي بن عبد الله محمد القرشي, see ff. 93v, line 13-94r, line 2). T...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
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Codex; ff. 111
10. Add MS 6903
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- Add MS 6903
- Title:
- Aphorisms كتاب الفصول Hippocrates أبقراط
- Scope & Content:
- A copy of the Aphorisms (Kitāb al-fuṣūl) attributed to Hippocrates (ca 460-370 BC), in an Arabic translation perhaps by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (AD 809-873). John Tytler, the editor of the first printed edition of this text (Calcutta, 1832), owned this manuscript as recorded on f. 1a (see Cus...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- Codex; ff. ii+27+v
