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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) Or 6670 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Or 6670

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6670
Title:
Three Medical Treatises by Galen (جالينوس)
Scope & Content:
A copy of three medical treatises by the extremely influential Graeco-Roman physician Galen (Claudius Galenus of Pergamon, 129-c 200). The Greek texts were translated by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī, and the texts preserved here are probably his Arabic versions (see colophon of Item 2, f. 142v, li...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
580
Extent:
Codex; ff. ii+191+ii

2. Or 6670, ff 2v-82r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6670, ff 2v-82r
Title:
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī al-Buḥrānكتاب جالينوس في البحران Galen (Jālīnūs) جالينوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic translation, probably by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (c 809-873; see colophon of Item 2, f. 142v, line 8), of Galen’s (Claudius Galenus of Pergamum, 129- c 200) treatise on crises, De crisibus libri III. The manuscript was completed in Damascus 580 AH/AD 1184 by Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr ibn Ibrā...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
580
Extent:
ff. 2v-82r

3. Or 6670, ff 82v-142v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6670, ff 82v-142v
Title:
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī ayyām al-Buḥrānكتاب جالينوس في أيام البحران Galen (Jālīnūs) جالينوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic translation, probably by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (c 809-873; see colophon, f. 142v, line 8, transcribed below), of Galen’s (Claudius Galenus of Pergamum, 129- c 200) treatise on critical days, De diebus decretoriis libri III (Περὶ κρισίμων ἡμερῶν βιβλία γ΄; أيام البحران). The manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
580
Extent:
ff. 82v-142v

4. Or 6670, ff 143v-191v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6670, ff 143v-191v
Title:
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī aṣnāf al-ḥummayyāt كتاب جالينوس في أصناف الحميّات Galen (Jālīnūs) جالينوس
Scope & Content:
Arabic translation, probably by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (c 809-873; see colophon of Item 2, f. 142v, line 8), of Galen’s (Claudius Galenus of Pergamum, 129- c 200) treatise on the differences between fevers, De differentiis febrium libri II. The manuscript was completed in Damascus, 580 AH/AD...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
580
Extent:

ff. 143v-191v