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Reference (shelfmark):: 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
Scope & Content:: 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
Extent:: Ff. 2r-172v

Reference (shelfmark):: 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
Scope & Content:: 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
Extent:: Ff. 173r-184v

Reference (shelfmark):: 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
Extent:: Ff. 1v-107r

Reference (shelfmark):: 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
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 13th century
Extent:: Ff. 107v-110v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7471, ff 2v-41r
Title:: Sharḥ ashkāl al-taʾsīs شرح أشكال التأسيس Qāḍīʹzādah, Mūsá ibn Muḥammad قاضي زاده، موسى بن محمد
Scope & Content:: Qāḍīʹzādah al-Rūmī's (قاضي زاده الرومي; d. after 1440) commentary on the Ashkāl al-ta’sīs (أشكال التأسيس) by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Ḥusaynī al-Samarqandī (شمس الدين محمد بن أشرف الحسيني السمرقندي, d. 1302). A title line added by a later hand at the head of f. 2v misattributes t...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1104
Extent:: Ff. 2v-41r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7471, ff 41v-92r
Title:: شرح الأدوار Sharḥ al-adwār
Scope & Content:: Anonymous commentary on Ṣafī al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Mu’min ibn Yūsuf ibn Fākhir al-Urmawī's (صفي الدين عبد المؤمن بن يوسف بن فاخر الأرموي, d. 1294) Book of Cycles (كتاب أدوار), an extremely influential treatise on music theory. A title line added by a later hand at the head of f. 41v identifies the tex...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 8 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1104
Extent:: Ff. 41v-92r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473, ff 1v-5v
Title:: Kitāb al-sīrah al-falsafīyah كتاب السيرة الفلسفية Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā رازي، أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا
Scope & Content:: Autobiographical treatise by the physician and philosopher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرأزي; d. ca 925) in defence of his philosophical lifestyle. Begins (f. 1v, lines 6-8): قال أبو نصر (!) محمد بن زكريا الرازي ألحق الله روحه بالروح والراحة إن ناسًا من أهل ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Ff. 1v-5v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473, ff 6r-12r
Title:: Maqālah fī al-nafs ‫مقالة في النفس‬ Ibn Abī Thaur al-Mawṣilī, Abū Manṣūr Bakr ibn al-Qāsim ابن أبي ثور الموصلي، أبو منصور بكر بن القاسم
Scope & Content:: Philosophical treatise on the soul by Abū Manṣūr Bakr ibn al-Qāsim ibn Abī Thawr al-Mawṣilī (‫أبو منصور بكر بن القاسم ابن أبي ثور الموصلي‬) written for his teacher Abū ‘Uthmān Sa‘īd ibn Ya‘qūb al-Dimashqī (أبو عثمن سعيد بن يعقوب الدمشقي; d. early 10th century). Begins (f. 6r, lines 2-4): من بك...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Ff. 6r-12r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473, ff 12v-16v
Title:: Masā’il su’ilā ‘anhā Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī مسائل سئل عنها ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني
Scope & Content:: Philosophical treatise on the question of whether souls are limited or infinite by Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī (أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني; d. 901) written in response to questions put to him by Abū Musá ‘Isá ibn Asad (أبو موسى عيسى بن أسد). The full title is given as (f. 12v...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Ff. 12v-16v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473, ff 16v-26v
Title:: Kitāb al-khamsīn mas’alah fī kasr al-manṭiq كتاب الخمسين مسئلة في كسر المنطق Abū al-Najā al-Fāriḍ أبو النجا الفارض
Scope & Content:: Philosophical treatise on logic by Abū al-Najā al-Fāriḍ (أبو النجا الفارض). Begins (f. 16v, lines 11-12): الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد خاتم النبيين وآله وعلى أصحابه الطاهرين وأزواجه الطاهرات أمهات المؤمنين وسلم تسليمًا ... Ends (f. 26r, line 26-26v, line 2): ... ولنا في ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Ff. 16v-26v

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