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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
Title:: al-Taqsīm wa-al-tashjīr التقسيم والتشجير al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā الرازي، أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا and 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:: The manuscript was copied in Egypt as indicated by the Coptic numerals used in the table of contents on ff. 3r-4v. Contents: (1) al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā (الرازي، أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا), al-Taqsīm wa-al-tashjīr (التقسيم والتشجير; ff. 1v-107r); (2) Ibn al-Labbān, Muḥammad ibn ‘A...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 13th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. iv+110+iv

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 5934
Title:: Minhāj al-bayān fīmā yastaʿmiluhū al-insān منهاج البيان فيما يستعمله الإنسان Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ʿĪsá ابن جزلة، يحيى بن عيسى
Scope & Content:: Alphabetically arranged handbook on pharmacology by Abū ‘Alī Yahyá ibn ‘Īsá (أبو علي يحيى بن عيسى), known as Ibn Jazlah (ابن جزلة; d. 493/1100), composed for the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadī bi-Amr Allāh (المقتدي بأمر الله; reg. 1075-94, see f. 1v, line 11). The manuscript was collected by the Sco...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 13th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. iv+221+iv

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 5935
Title:: Transcripts of English State Correspondence, including Instructions to Ambassadors.
Scope & Content:: A volume in Folio (199 folios), containing Transcripts in a modern hand, of State Correspondence, Instructions to Ambassadors, etc. in the reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Elizabeth, and King James I, viz. 1. Key and Cyphers used in the correspondence with Mr. [Robert] Beale, Mr...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:: 1 volume (199 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 5936
Title:: Tables of Excise
Scope & Content:: A thin folio volume (118 pages), containing Tables of Excise, from 1662 to 1766, viz. a. Measures of Excisable Liquors. (page 1) b. State of the Revenue of Excise from Michaelmas 1662 to Midsummer 1760. (pages 2-17) c. Number of Common Brewers and Victuals in the whole Kingdom, with the am...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1662-1766
Extent:: 1 volume (118 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 5937
Title:: Genealogical and Historical collections of James Stangeman, Sir Richard St. George, Norroy, and others. Chiefly relating to Essex.
Scope & Content:: A folio volume, (folios 40-205), titled ‘Miscellanea eaq. fide digna, ex archivis Regiis diversisq. aliis autenticis Recordis, concernentia tam Stemmata preclarissimorum Virorum quam aliarum rerum memorabilium’ being the Genealogical and Historical collections of James Strangeman, Sir Richard St...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1558-1625
Extent:: 1 volume (165 folios)

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