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Language Arabic Subject Ophthalmology--Early works to 1800 Level [32] Fonds

1. Or 5856

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Or 5856
Title:
Tadhkirat al-kaḥḥālīn تذكرة الكحّالين Kaḥḥāl, ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá كحّال، علي بن عيسى
Scope & Content:
A treatise on diseases of the eye by ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá al-Kaḥḥāl (علي بن عيسى الكحّال; fl. first half of 11th century), the leading oculist of his time at the Abbasid capital, Baghdad. The text is divided into three books (مقالات): المقالة الأولى (‘Book 1’; ff. 3v-16r); المقالة الثاني أذكر فيها أ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
690
Extent:
Codex; ff. i+162+i

2. Or 5916

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5916
Title:
Tadhkirat al-kaḥḥālīn تذكرة الكحّالين Kaḥḥāl, ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá كحّال، علي بن عيسى
Scope & Content:
Treatise on diseases of the eye by ‘Alī ibn ‘Īsá al-Kaḥḥāl (علي بن عيسى الكحّال; fl. first half of 11th century), the leading oculist of his time at the Abbasid capital, Baghdad. The copy was completed on Tuesday 3 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 894/29 September 1489 at Sāveh (الساوة, Iran) by Aḥmad ibn Niẓām a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
3 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 894
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+198+i

3. Or 6888

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6888
Title:
Kitāb fī al-‘ayn mi’atān wa-sab‘ masā’il كتاب في العين مائتان وسبع مسائل Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī حنين بن إسحق العبادي
Scope & Content:
A medical treatise on ophthalmology divided into three chapters (مقالات), written in the form of 207 questions and answers. The title page and opening lines (ff. 1r and 1v, lines 1-2, both transcribed below) state that the author, Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (حنين بن إسحق; d. 873), composed the text for hi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
2 Sha‘bān 891
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+24+i