Or 5914

Commentary by ‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm al-Qurashī (علاء الدين علي بن أبي الحزم القرشي), known as Ibn al-Nafīs (ابن النفيس, d. 1288) on the Aphorisms (كتاب الفصول) of Hippocrates (أبقراط, d. ca 370 BC).

The manuscript is defective at end, terminating abruptly during Aphorism 55, the penultimate aphorism of Book Seven (cf. ed. Tytler, 1832, p. 65).

The title is found on f. 1r.

The folios after f. 104 were previously bound in a different order as may be seen by the note on f. 107v, which was previously the final folio (f. 161) when the folios were counted at the time of the manuscript's acquisition in April 1901. By January 1909, the folios had been rebound in their present order (see note at foot of f. 161v). Thirteen unfoliated, blank leaves have been bound into the manuscript to mark missing folia. One of these blank leaves has become detached and now rests between the left board and end flyleaf; it's original position was probably between ff. 53 and 54.

Contents:

Following the arrangement of the Aphorisms, the commentary is divided into 7 books (مقالات):

المقالة الأولى (Book 1; ff. 1v-43r);

المقالة الثانية (Book 2; ff. 43r-70v);

المقالة الثالثة (Book 3; ff. 70v-102v);

المقالة الرابعة (Book 4; begins on f. 102v-defective at end);

المقالة الخامسة (Book 5; defective at beginning-125v);

المقالة السادسة (Book 6; ff. 125v-145v);

المقالة السابعة (Book 7; ff. 145v-161v defective at end).

Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-7):

قال الشيخ علاء الدين

علي ابن أبي الحرم القرشي

إن ما قد سلف من شروحنا لهذا الكتاب

فإن نسخة تختلف بحسب إختلاف أغراض

الطالبين وهذه النسخة إنما نتبع فيها ما نراه

لائقًا بالشروح ورائقًا في التصنيف ...

Ends (f. 161v, lines 10-13 defective at end):

... قال أبقراط

من كان لحمه رطبًا فينبغي أن يجوع فإن

الجوع يجفف الأبدان، التفسير

اللحم الرطب هو الرهل ومن كان لحمه كذلك