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1. Or 5927

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5927
Title:
Four treatises on pharmacopoeia, cookery and craft techniques
Scope & Content:
Ṣināʿat al-yad (صناعة اليد, ff. 1r-67v, defective at beginning); Ibn Zuhr (ابن زهر), Kitāb al-aghdhiyyah (كتاب الأغذية, ff 68r-100r, defective at beginning and end); Ibn Razīn al-Tujībī (ابن رزين التجيبي), Fiḍālat al-khiwān fī ṭayyibāt al-ṭaʻām wa-al-alwān (فضالة الخوان في طيبات الطعام والألوان, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th or 16th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+219+i (plus five unfoliated leaves after ff. 11, 34, 101, 208 and 217)

2. Or 5927, ff 205r-217v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5927, ff 205r-217v
Title:
Anonymous treatise on craft techniques
Scope & Content:
Treatise includes instructions for the production of soap (f. 207v), glass (f. 209r), and naphtha (f. 210v). The treatise begins with a discussion of fruit waters, the removal of stains from and dyeing of clothes all of which topics are reminiscent of 'Chapter Fifteen: Using fruit waters and a d...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th or 16th century
Extent:

Ff. 205r-217v

3. Or 5927, ff 1r-67v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5927, ff 1r-67v
Title:
Ṣināʿat al-yad صناعة اليد Anonymous
Scope & Content:
Treatise on pharmacopoeia comprising seventeen chapters (باب). The text is defective at beginning and the author's name is not known. Some folios are missing and unfoliated leaves have been inserted after ff. 11 and 34 to mark locations of missing leaves. The text is followed by a short note o...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th or 16th century
Extent:

Ff. 1r-67v

4. Or 5927, ff 101r-204v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5927, ff 101r-204v
Title:
[Fiḍālat al-khiwān fī ṭayyibāt al-ṭaʻām wa-al-alwān فضالة الخوان في طيبات الطعام والألوان] [Ibn Razīn al-Tujībī ابن رزين التجيبي]
Scope & Content:
Extensive treatise on cookery by the Andalusian scholar Ibn Razīn al-Tujībī (ابن رزين التجيبي, d. 1293). The copy is defective at end and finishes abruptly with recipes calling for tuna (التنّ). Begins (f. 101r, lines 2-4): الحمد لله فضل نوع الإنسان على جميع الخلق وأختصه بمزية قل مسز (؟) حرم...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th or 16th century
Extent:

Ff. 101r-204v

5. Or 5927, ff 68r-100r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5927, ff 68r-100r
Title:
[Kitāb al-aghdhiyyah] [كتاب الأغذية] [Ibn Zuhr, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-ʿAlāʾ] [ابن زهر، عبد الملك بن أبي العلاء]
Scope & Content:
Treatise on dietetics by the Andalusian physician Abū Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-ʿAlāʾ Zuhr (أبو مروان عبد الملك بن أبي العلاء زهر, d. 1162), known as Ibn Zuhr (ابن زهر), Latinised as Avenzoar. The copy is defective at beginning and the surviving text mentiones neither the author nor the ti...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th or 16th century
Extent:

Ff. 68r-100r

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