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Collection Area Oriental Manuscripts Subject Medicine--Early works to 1800

1. Add MS 5931

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Add MS 5931
Title:
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

2. 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
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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
Extent:

Ff. 1v-107r

3. Add MS 5934

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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
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+221+iv

4. 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
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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
Extent:

Codex; ff. 111

5. Add MS 7527, ff 171v-185v

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Add MS 7527, ff 171v-185v
Title:
Risālah fī tadbīr safar al-ḥajj رسالة في تدبير سفر الحج Qusṭā ibn Lūqā قسطا بن لوقا
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Treatise on hygiene and diet for pilgrims by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; ca 820-912) written for the vizier Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥ (أبو محمد الحسن بن مخلد بن الجراح, d. 882). The treatise is also known by the title Treatise on the Regimen of Bodies During Travel for Sa...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1097
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Ff. 171v-185v

6. Add MS 7527, ff 186v-194r

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Add MS 7527, ff 186v-194r
Title:
Kitāb fī ʿilal al-shaʿr كتاب في علل الشعر Qusṭā ibn Lūqā قسطا بن لوقا
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Treatise on the causes of the growth, lack and diseases of hair by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; ca 820-912) written for the vizier Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥ (أبو محمد الحسن بن مخلد بن الجراح, d. 882). The treatise is divided into twelve chapters (باب), which are listed on...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1097
Extent:

Ff. 186v-194r

7. Add MS 7556, ff 34v-81r

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Add MS 7556, ff 34v-81r
Title:
Urjūzat al-kubrá fī al-ṭibb أرجوزة الكبرى في الطب Avicenna ابن سينا
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Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on medicine by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The poem is a versification of the author's own Canon of Medicine (القانون في الطب). 　 Contents: [Part 1 of the poem: On theoretic...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
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Ff. 34v-81r

8. Add MS 7556, ff 81r-89r

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Add MS 7556, ff 81r-89r
Title:
Urjūzat al-ḥummayāt al-mustadrakah ʻalá al-shaykh al-raʼīs al-shaykh ʻAlī ibn Sīnā أرجوزة الحميات المستدركة على الشيخ الرئيس الشيخ علي ابن سينا
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Anonymous didactic poem (أرجوزة) on different types of fevers. The poem is meant as a supplement to writings on the subject by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The poem ends with a discussion of swellin...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 81r-89r

9. Add MS 7556, ff 89r-92v

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Add MS 7556, ff 89r-92v
Title:
al-Urjūzah fī al-mujarrabāt الأرجوزة في المجربات Avicenna ابن سينا
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Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on tested prescriptions (مجربات) by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). Begins (f. 89r, lines 7-9): بدأت بسم الله في نظم حسن أذكر ما جربته طول الزمن ما هو بالطبع وبالخواص لكل عام ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 89r-92v

10. Add MS 7556, ff 93r-95v

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Add MS 7556, ff 93r-95v
Title:
Urjūzah fī al-qaḍāyā al-khamsah wa-al-ʻishrīn li-Abuqrāṭ ʻalá dalālat al-mawt أرجوزة في قضايا الخمسة والعشرين لأبقراط على دلالة الموت
Scope & Content:
Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on twenty-five signs that foretell a patient's death by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The poem is a versification of the Book of Pustules Concerning Signs of Death (كتاب البثور ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 93r-95v

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