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Container Reference (shelfmark) Or 8293

1. Or 8293, f 170v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8293, f 170v
Title:
Three medical prescriptions
Scope & Content:
On f. 170v a hand other than that of the main scribe, ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Ḥalabī, probably that of one of the manuscript’s owners, has copied out three prescriptions: (1) a tested remedy for haemorrhoids taken from Ibn al-Ḥadhdhā; (2) ‘hospital dried fruit (al-nuqū‘ al-māristānī)’; and (3) an ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
625
Extent:

f. 170v

2. Or 8293, ff 2r-128v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8293, ff 2r-128v
Title:
Aqrābādhīn madīnat al-salam أقراباذين مدينة السلم Ibn al-Tilmīdh, Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣā‘id ابن التلميذ، هبة الله بن صاعد
Scope & Content:
The medical formulary of Amīn al-Dawlah Abū al-Ḥasan Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣā‘id (أمين الدولة أبو الحسن هبة الله بن صاعد) known as Ibn al-Tilmīdh (ابن التلميذ, d. 560 AH/AD 1165), chief physician at the ‘Aḍudī Hospital in Baghdad, and later court physician to the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtafī (المقتفي, re...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
625
Extent:

ff. 2r-128v

3. Or 8293, ff 129v-170r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8293, ff 129v-170r
Title:
Collection of medical extracts and prescriptions
Scope & Content:
This collection begins (ff. 129v-163v) with prescriptions similar in style and format to those of the Aqrābādhīn of Ibn al-Tilmīdh, and at least one is said to have been chosen by Ibn al-Tilmīdh (اختاره أمين الدولة; f. 151v, line 3). Next is a ‘selection from Galen’s Substitutions [مختار من أبدا...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
625
Extent:

ff. 129v-170r