Sharḥ tashrīḥ al-qānūn شرح تشريح القانون Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm ابن النفيس، علي بن أبي الحزم
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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 ...
Ḥaqāʾiq asrār al-ṭibb حقائق أسرار الطب Sijzī, Masʿūd ibn Muḥammad سجزي، مسعود بن محمد
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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...
Uṣūl al-tarākīb أصول التراكيب Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
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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 ...
Dhikr al-adwiyah al-mufradah ذكر الأدوية المفردة Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
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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...
Kitāb aghdhiyat al-marḍá كتاب أغذية المرضى Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
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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...
al-Qarābādhīn ʿalá tartīb al-ʿilal القراباذين على ترتيب العلل Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
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Treatise on pharmacopoeia arranged head to toe by ailment 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). Begins (f. 99v, lines 2-6): الحمد لله رب العالمين حمد الشاكرين والصلوة على رسوله محمد وآله أجمعين كتاب ...
Kitāb Arshimīdas fī ‘amal al-binkamāt كتاب أرشميدس في عمل البنكامات Archimedes أرشميدس
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Treatise on the hydraulic and pneumatic machinery of water-clocks with eighteen diagrams, attributed to Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). The title page gives the title wrongly as كتاب أرشميدس في عمل الساعات (Kitāb Arshimīdas fī ‘amal al-sā‘āt). This early known copy of the te...
San‘at al-zāmir صنعة الزامر Apollonius the carpenter and geometer أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي
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Treatise on the design and construction of an hydraulic flute playing machine. The treatise is attributed to 'Apollonius the carpenter and geometer (أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي)', who some have identified as the geometer Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; أبلونيوس; fl ca 200 BC). The text in this copy...
al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihuma bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab الكامل في صنعة الأسطرلاب الشمالي والجنوبي وعللهما بالهندسة والحساب Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr فرغاني، أحمد بن محمد بن كثير
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Earliest known Arabic treatise on the construction of the astrolabe, by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Farghānī (أحمد بن محمد الفرغاني; fl. ca 820-860). The text contains seventy-two diagrams and tables: Geometric diagram (f. 22v); Geometric diagram (f. 24r); Geometric diagram (f. 24v); Geometric diagra...
A treatise on meteorological divination attributed to Aristotle and perhaps related to the tradition of his Meteorologica (كتاب الأثار العلوية). Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-7): الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أثر و [!] المرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين وبعد فهذا كتاب فهرست أرس...
