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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 5927, ff 101r-204v
Title:: [Fiḍālat al-khiwān fī ṭayyibāt al-ṭaʻām wa-al-alwān فضالة الخوان في طيبات الطعام والألوان] [Ibn Razīn al-Tujībī ابن رزين التجيبي]
Scope & Content:: Extensive treatise on cookery by the Andalusian scholar Ibn Razīn al-Tujībī (ابن رزين التجيبي, d. 1293). The copy is defective at end and finishes abruptly with recipes calling for tuna (التنّ). Begins (f. 101r, lines 2-4): الحمد لله فضل نوع الإنسان على جميع الخلق وأختصه بمزية قل مسز (؟) حرم...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 15th or 16th century
Extent:: Ff. 101r-204v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 5927, ff 205r-217v
Title:: Anonymous treatise on craft techniques
Scope & Content:: Treatise includes instructions for the production of soap (f. 207v), glass (f. 209r), and naphtha (f. 210v). The treatise begins with a discussion of fruit waters, the removal of stains from and dyeing of clothes all of which topics are reminiscent of 'Chapter Fifteen: Using fruit waters and a d...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 15th or 16th century
Extent:: Ff. 205r-217v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 6273, f 116r
Title:: Excerpt on dysmenorrhoea from Kitāb al-dhakhīrah (كتاب الذخيرة)
Scope & Content:: Excerpt on the treatment of dysmenorrhoea said to be from the Book of the Treasure (كتاب الذخيرة) attributed to Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت ابن قرة, d. 901; see line 18). Although material on this topic features in the edited text of the Book of the Treasure (see ed. Sobhy, chapter 18, pp. 117-18), ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: F. 116r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 6273, ff 1v-2r
Title:: Two extracts on tuberculosis
Scope & Content:: Two short extracts on tuberculosis. The first extract (ff. 1v, line 1-2r, line 9) is said to be from the Hippocratic Treatments (المعالجات البقراطية), a medical compendium by Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭabarī al-Turunjī (أبو الحسن أحمد بن محمد الطبري الترنجي), personal physician to the B...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Ff. 1v-2r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 6273, ff 2v-90v
Title:: Kitāb Qarābādhīn كتاب قراباذين Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
Scope & Content:: Pharmacopeia 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 main text is preceded by a table of contents (ff. 2v-3r). 　 Begins (f. 3v, lines 11-16): هذا كتاب قراباذين نجيب الدين السمرقندي مؤلف كتاب الأسباب ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Ff. 2v-90v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 6273, ff 90v-113r
Title:: Collection of prescriptions and short chapters on medical topics
Scope & Content:: Contents: 1) Recipes and prescriptions for the preparation and use of various medicines (ff. 90v-93v); 2) Chapter explaining the definition of the pillars on which the animal body stands, which are the four elements (فصل في بيان تعريف الأركان التي عليها قوام البدن الحيواني وهي العناصر الأربعة, f...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Ff. 90v-113r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 6273, ff 113v-115v
Title:: Risālah fī al-adwiyah al-musahhilah رسالة في الأدوية المسهلة Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
Scope & Content:: A list of laxative drugs 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. 113v, lines 1-2): هذه رسالة لنجيب الدين محمد ابن علي ابن عمر السمرقندي في الأدوية المسهلة افسنتين حار في أول الثانية يابس في الأ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Ff. 113v-115v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 6273, ff 116v-122v
Title:: Alphabetical list of substitute drugs
Scope & Content:: Untitled alphabetical list of substitute drugs by an unnamed author. Begins (f. 116v, lines 1-2): في أبدال الأدوية حرف الألف آس بدله خناء وورد ... 　 Ends (f. 122v, lines 26-27): ... ياقوت بدله ضعفه ذهب ياسمين بدله سوسن انتهى ما أردنا ذكره من الأبدال
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Ff. 116v-122v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 6273, ff 123r-126r
Title:: Medical prescriptions and two extracts on weights and measures
Scope & Content:: Contents: 1) Medical prescriptions (f. 123r); 2) On Measures and Weights (في ذكر المكائيل والأوزان, ff. 123v-124r); 3) Medical prescriptions (f. 124r); 4) An Explanation of Measures and Weights from another Perspective (في بيان المكاييل والأوزان على وجه آخر, ff. 124v-125r); 5) Explanation of Som...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Ff. 123r-126r

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 6273, ff 126v-140r
Title:: Kitāb aghdhiyat al-marḍá كتاب أغذية المرضى Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
Scope & Content:: A manual on dietetics for treating patients 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. 126v, lines 3-4): الحمد لله الذي خلق الداء وأوجد الدواء وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى خصوصًا على سيدنا وحبيب...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: Ff. 126v-140r

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