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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13383
Title:: al-Ḥāwī fī ʿilm al-tadāwī الحاوي في علم التداوي Shīrāzi, Najm al-Dīn Mahmud ibn Ilyās شيرازي، نجم الدين محمود بن إلياس
Scope & Content:: Medical encyclopedia by Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Ṣā’in al-Dīn Ilyās al-Shīrāzi (نجم الدين محمود بن صائن الدين إلياس الشيرازي, d. 730/1330; see text in shamsa on f. 2r). This copy was produced for ‘Abd al-Raḥīm ibn Ibrāhīm (عبد الرحيم بن إبراهيم, see text in lower cartouches on ff. 1v-2r) by ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Shawwāl 731
Extent:: Codex; ff. i+457+i

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14140
Title:: ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad قزويني، زكريا بن محمد
Scope & Content:: The London Qazwīnī. Encyclopaedic work on cosmology by Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al-Qazwīnī (زكريا بن محمد بن محمود القزويني, d. 1283). The text is lavishly illustrated with 368 paintings. In the undated colophon (f. 135v, lines 7-8; transcribed below) the anonymous scribe claims to have...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: c 1300
Extent:: Codex; ff. 135

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14154
Title:: Two commentaries and a supercommentary on works of Avicenna
Scope & Content:: Contents: (1) Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd al-Kāzarūnī (محمد بن مسعود الكازروني), al-Mughnī fī sharḥ al-mūjiz (المغني في شرح الموجز, ff. 5v-242r); (2) Aḥmad ibn Balkū al-Āwī (أحمد بن بلكو الآوي), [Sharḥ qaṣīdah fī al-nafs] (شرح قصيدة في النفس, ff. 242v-245r); (3) Ibn al-Nafīs (ابن النفيس) Sharḥ tashrīḥ a...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 842-843
Extent:: Codex; ff. 339+i

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
Title:: A collection of treatises on medicine and pharmacology
Scope & Content:: Treatises and excerpts on medicine and pharmacology, four of which are 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). Collections of medical works by al-Samarqandī often circulated in various compilations under the...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 984
Extent:: Codex; ff. 163

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

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