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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13006, ff 98r-110v
Title:: Excerpts from a commentary on the alchemical poem Shudhūr al-dhahab (شذور الذهب)
Scope & Content:: Excerpts from an anonymous and unattributed commentary on the alchemical poem Shudhūr al-dhahab by Abū Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Mūsá ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khalaf al-Anṣārī al-Jayyānī al-Andalusī, known as Ibn Arfaʿ Raʾs (died 593 AH/AD 1197). The title in full is given as follows (f. 98r, 11-15): في...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: c 930
Extent:: ff. 98r-110v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13006, ff 111r-112r
Title:: Excerpts from the Risālah fī al-Ṣināʿah al-falsafīyah (رسالة في الصناعة الفلسفية) al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Bukhārī al-Naqshabandī السيد الشريف البخاري النقشبندي
Scope & Content:: Excerpts from the Risālah fī al-Ṣināʿah al-falsafīyah by al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Bukhārī al-Naqshabandī, a native of Constantinople (see scribal correction above line 2, f. 111r). The compiler explains his method of abridgement and tells us a bit more about this unknown author in a note appended ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: c 930
Extent:: ff. 111r-112r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13006, ff 113r-158r
Title:: Kitāb al-Wāfī fī al-Tadbīr al-kāfīكتاب الوافي في التدبير الكافي Maṣmūdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad مصمودي، محمد بن أحمد
Scope & Content:: A general treatise on practical chemistry, composed in Tilimsān in 897 AH/AD 1492 (see Ullmann, 1972, p. 245) by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Maṣmūdī (محمد بن أحمد المصمودي). The text was copied on 27 Ramaḍān 1177 AH (30 March AD 1764) at Algiers by Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī (محمد بن سليمان المو...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 27 Ramaḍān 1177
Extent:: ff. 113r-158v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14154, ff 5v-242r
Title:: al-Mughnī fī sharḥ al-mūjiz المغني في شرح الموجز Kāzarūnī, Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd كازروني، محمد بن مسعود
Scope & Content:: Commentary by Sadīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Mas‘ūd al-Kāzarūnī (سديد الدين محمد بن مسعود الكازروني; d. 1357) on Ibn al-Nafīs' (ابن النفيس; d. 1288) Mūjiz al-Qānūn (موجز القانون), an epitome of Avicenna's (Ibn Sīnā, ابن سينا; d. 1037) Canon of Medicine (القانون في الطبّ). For the title see f. 6r, li...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1 Jumādá II 843
Extent:: Ff. 5v-242r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14154, ff 242v-245r
Title:: [Sharḥ qaṣīdah fī al-nafs شرح قصيدة في النفس] Āwī, Aḥmad ibn Balkū آوي، أحمد بن بلكو
Scope & Content:: Commentary by Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Futūḥ Aḥmad ibn Abī ‘Abd Allāh Balkū ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Āwī (جمال الدين أبو الفتوح أحمد بن أبي عبد الله بلكو بن أبي طالب الآوي, fl. 1320) on the Qaṣīdah on the Soul (قصيدة في النفس), also known as the Qasīḍah Rhyming in ‘Ayn (القصيدة العينية), by Avicenna (Ibn Sīn...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 14 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 843
Extent:: Ff. 242v-245r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14154, ff 247v-334v
Title:: Sharḥ tashrīḥ al-qānūn شرح تشريح القانون Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm ابن النفيس، علي بن أبي الحزم
Scope & Content:: Commentary by ‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm al-Qurashī (علاء الدين علي بن أبي الحزم القرشي, d. 1288), known as Ibn al-Nafīs (ابن النفيس), on the anatomical material in Avicenna's (Ibn Sīnā, ابن سينا, d. 1037) Canon of Medicine (القانون في الطب). The copy was completed on 15 Sha‘bān 842/31 ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 15 Sha‘bān 842
Extent:: Ff. 247v-334v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14155, ff 1r-37v
Title:: Ḥaqāʾiq asrār al-ṭibb حقائق أسرار الطب Sijzī, Masʿūd ibn Muḥammad سجزي، مسعود بن محمد
Scope & Content:: An introduction to medicine and compendium of medical terminology in three chapters (funūn), each subdivided into sections (aqsām) and headings (fusūl), by Masʿūd ibn Muḥammad al-Sijzī (مسعود بن محمد السجزي, fl. before 1334). The treatise, the title of which is given in the preface (f. 1v, line...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: ca 1576
Extent:: Ff. 1r-37v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14155, ff 38r-68r
Title:: Uṣūl al-tarākīb أصول التراكيب Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
Scope & Content:: Content: Treatise on pharmacology by Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī (نجيب الدين أبو حامد محمد بن علي بن عمر السمرقندي, d. 1222). The copy was made during Rabīʿ I 984 (May-June 1576) (see colophon, f. 68r, lines 9-10, transcribed below). The treatise comprises ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Rabīʿ I 984
Extent:: Ff. 38r-68r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14155, ff 68v-80v
Title:: Dhikr al-adwiyah al-mufradah ذكر الأدوية المفردة Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
Scope & Content:: Inventory of pharmaceutical ingredients, arranged in alphabetical order. Each entry includes the item's humoral properties and uses. This is followed by a short list of laxative ingredients and preparations (في ذكر الأدوية المسهلة, f. 78r-80v) and two pages of medical recipes and notes in Arabic...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 984
Extent:: Ff. 68v-80v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14155, ff 82r-98v
Title:: Kitāb aghdhiyat al-marḍá كتاب أغذية المرضى Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
Scope & Content:: Treatise on dietetics for patients suffering from a range of ailments, given as headings in the text, by Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī (نجيب الدين أبو حامد محمد بن علي بن عمر السمرقندي, d. 1222). The copy was made in Rabīʿ II 984/June-July 1576 (see colophon, f...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Rabīʿ II 984
Extent:: Ff. 82r-98v

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