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1. Add MS 5934

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Add MS 5934
Title:
Minhāj al-bayān fīmā yastaʿmiluhū al-insān منهاج البيان فيما يستعمله الإنسان Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ʿĪsá ابن جزلة، يحيى بن عيسى
Scope & Content:
Alphabetically arranged handbook on pharmacology by Abū ‘Alī Yahyá ibn ‘Īsá (أبو علي يحيى بن عيسى), known as Ibn Jazlah (ابن جزلة; d. 493/1100), composed for the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadī bi-Amr Allāh (المقتدي بأمر الله; reg. 1075-94, see f. 1v, line 11). The manuscript was collected by the Sco...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+221+iv

2. Add MS 7556, ff 89r-92v

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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

3. Add MS 19619

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Add MS 19619
Title:
A collection of Arabic and Persian texts on medicine and pharmacology
Scope & Content:
A collection of Persian and Arabic texts on medicine and pharmacology. The colophon to the first text in the volume (ff. 3r-128r) records that it was transcribed by an un-named scribe on 21 Jumādá II 1103/10 March 1692 (f. 128r, lines 7-15). Contents: (1) Qāz̤ī ibn Muḥammad Yazdī (قاضي بن محمد ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
Jumādá II 1103
Extent:
Codex; ff. ii+310+ii