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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7527
Title:: Three treatises on natural philosophy and medicine
Scope & Content:: (1) Sākhīyūs al-Qass (ساخيوس القس), Tafsīr kitāb al-ʿilal (تفسير كتاب العلل; ff. 2v-170r); (2) Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا), Risālah fī tadbīr safar al-ḥajj (رسالة في تدبير سفر الحج; ff. 171v-185v); (3) Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا), Kitāb fī ʿilal al-shaʿr (كتاب في علل الشعر; ff. 186v-194r)....
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1097
Extent:: Codex; ff. i+194+i

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7527, ff 2v-170r
Title:: Tafsīr kitāb al-ʿilal تفسير كتاب العلل Sākhīyūs al-Qass ساخيوس القس
Scope & Content:: Compendium of natural philosophy attributed to the Greek Pythagorean sage Apollonius of Tyana (Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς, here transliterated بلينوس, fl. 1st century). The text is presented as a translation and commentary by a certain priest Sākhīyūs resident at Nablus (ساخيوس القس الذي منزل بنابلس; ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Rabī‘ II 1097
Extent:: Ff. 2v-170r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7527, ff 171v-185v
Title:: Risālah fī tadbīr safar al-ḥajj رسالة في تدبير سفر الحج Qusṭā ibn Lūqā قسطا بن لوقا
Scope & Content:: Treatise on hygiene and diet for pilgrims by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; ca 820-912) written for the vizier Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥ (أبو محمد الحسن بن مخلد بن الجراح, d. 882). The treatise is also known by the title Treatise on the Regimen of Bodies During Travel for Sa...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Jumādá I 1097
Extent:: Ff. 171v-185v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7527, ff 186v-194r
Title:: Kitāb fī ʿilal al-shaʿr كتاب في علل الشعر Qusṭā ibn Lūqā قسطا بن لوقا
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the causes of the growth, lack and diseases of hair by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; ca 820-912) written for the vizier Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥ (أبو محمد الحسن بن مخلد بن الجراح, d. 882). The treatise is divided into twelve chapters (باب), which are listed on...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1097
Extent:: Ff. 186v-194r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556
Title:: Twelve didactic poems on various sciences
Scope & Content:: Collection of twelve didactic poems in the rajaz metre (أراجيز) on jurisprudence (فقه), the calculation of inheritance shares (فرائض), and medicine (طب), grammar (نحو), and other sciences. A descriptive volume title has been written in black ink along the head edge of the folios: 'Poems on scie...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. i+391+i

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 6v-29v
Title:: al-Munīr lil-manār المنير للمنار Khalīlī, Muḥammad Ghars al-Dīn ibn Ghars al-Dīn خليلي، محمد غرس الدين بن غرس الدين
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (أصول الفقه) by the Ottoman scholar and imam at the Prophet's Mosque (المسجد النبوي) in Medina, Ghars al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Khalīlī (غرس الدين محمد بن أحمد الخليلي, d. 1647-8). The poem is a versification of the Epitome of...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 6v-29v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 30r-33v
Title:: al-Tuḥfah al-qudsīyah fī al-farāʼiḍ التحفة القدسية في الفرائض Ibn al-Hāʼim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ابن الهائم، أحمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on the calculation of inheritance shares (فرائض) by the mathematician Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī (شهاب الدين أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد المقدسي الفرضي, d. 1412), known as Ibn al-Hā’im (ابن الهائم). 　 Begins (f. 30r, lines 2-3): بحمد...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 30r-33v

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 34v-81r
Title:: Urjūzat al-kubrá fī al-ṭibb أرجوزة الكبرى في الطب Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on medicine by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The poem is a versification of the author's own Canon of Medicine (القانون في الطب). 　 Contents: [Part 1 of the poem: On theoretic...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 34v-81r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 81r-89r
Title:: Urjūzat al-ḥummayāt al-mustadrakah ʻalá al-shaykh al-raʼīs al-shaykh ʻAlī ibn Sīnā أرجوزة الحميات المستدركة على الشيخ الرئيس الشيخ علي ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Anonymous didactic poem (أرجوزة) on different types of fevers. The poem is meant as a supplement to writings on the subject by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). The poem ends with a discussion of swellin...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 81r-89r

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7556, ff 89r-92v
Title:: al-Urjūzah fī al-mujarrabāt الأرجوزة في المجربات Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:: Didactic poem (أرجوزة) on tested prescriptions (مجربات) by Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037). Begins (f. 89r, lines 7-9): بدأت بسم الله في نظم حسن أذكر ما جربته طول الزمن ما هو بالطبع وبالخواص لكل عام ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: Ff. 89r-92v

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