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1. Add MS 5931

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Add MS 5931
Title:
Two medical texts
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was produced in Egypt as confirmed by the use in the colophon (f. 184v, lines 7-8, transcribed below) of the Coptic date alongside the hijrī year. The copy was completed on 28 Hatūr 1393 (of the Coptic era)/28 Ramaḍān 1087/4 December 1676. A small note below the colophon gives the...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
28 Ramaḍān 1087
Extent:

Codex; ff. iii+185+iv

2. Add MS 5932, ff 1v-107r

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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

3. Add MS 6026

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Add MS 6026
Title:
Kitāb al-ḥikmah fī al-ṭibb كتاب الحكمة في الطب Qurashī, ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh قرشي، علي بن عبد الله
Scope & Content:
Collection of prescriptions, notes on materia medica, anecdotes and poetry concerning medicine and related topics drawn from various sources. The author is said to be Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad al-Qurashī (أبو الحسن علي بن عبد الله محمد القرشي, see ff. 93v, line 13-94r, line 2). T...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. 111

4. Add MS 7527, ff 171v-185v

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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

5. Add MS 7527, ff 186v-194r

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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

6. Add MS 16659, ff 438r-438v

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Add MS 16659, ff 438r-438v
Title:
Risālat al-farq bayna al-ḥarārah al-gharīzīyah wa-al-gharībah رسالة في الفرق بين الحرارة الغريزية والغريبة Avicenna ابن سينا
Scope & Content:
Short medical treatise on body heat by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1182
Extent:

Ff. 438r-438v

7. Add MS 19547

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Add MS 19547
Title:
al-Ṣulḥ bayna al-ikhwān fī ḥukm ibāḥat al-dukhān الصلح بين الإخوان في حكم إباحة الدخان Nābulusī, ‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn Ismā‘īl نابلسي، عبد الغني بن إسماعيل
Scope & Content:
Treatise in defence of tobacco smoking (شَرَب التُتُن) on medical and legal grounds, written in 1092/1682 (see Author's Colophon, f. 127v, lines 11-13, transcribed below) by ‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn Ismā‘īl al-Nābulusī (عبد الغني بن إسماعيل النابلسي, b. 1641, d. 1731). The copy was completed at t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Muḥarram 1161
Extent:

Codex; ff. v+127+vi

8. Add MS 23410

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Add MS 23410
Title:
Kāmil al-ṣināʿah al-ṭibbīyah كامل الصناعة الطبية Majūsī, ʻAlī ibn al-ʻAbbās مجوسي، علي بن العباس
Scope & Content:
Encyclopaedia of the art of medicine composed by ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Majūsī al-Arrajānī (علي بن العباس المجوسي الأرجاني) for the Būyid king (ملك) ʿAḍud al-Dawlah (عضد الدولة, reg. 949-83), which explains the works other title: The Royal Book (الكتاب الملكي). The text is divided into two books ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
978-984
Extent:

ff. ii+441+iii

9. Add MS 23560

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Add MS 23560
Title:
A compendium of medical texts in Arabic and Persian
Scope & Content:
Four texts in Arabic and one in Persian on medicine and pharmacology. Colophons to the first three texts in the volume bear dates between Ramaḍān and Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1099/July-October 1688. Contents: (1) ʽImād al-Dīn Shīrāzī (عماد الدين شيرازي), Risālah-i yanbūʿ (رساله ينبوع, ff. 2v-98r); (2) ʽImā...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1099
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+311+iii

10. Add MS 23604

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Add MS 23604
Title:
Kitāb sumūm wa-tiryāqāt كتاب السموم والترياقات Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn أحمد بن الحسين، ابن وحشية
Scope & Content:
Treatise on poisons, theriacs and antidotes composed by Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī ibn Qays al-Kasdānī (أبو بكر أحمد بن علي بن قيس الكسداني), known as Ibn Waḥshiyah (ابن وحشية; fl. first half of the 10th century), then dictated to Abū Ṭālib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad al-Zayyāt (أبو طالب...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
25 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 919
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+108+iii

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