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Or 9452, ff 62r-64v
- Record Id:
- 040-002404582
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002402790
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000003188.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023514891.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9452, ff 62r-64v
- Title:
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Three short poems and seven medical extracts
- Scope & Content:
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The three short poems on f. 62r are not about medicine.
The seven medical extracts are as follows:
1. Recipe for the medicine bakhtajūsh (بختجوش) made from grape juice (f. 62v)
2. Discussion of two bezoars (بادزهر), the ḥajar al-thīrān (حجر الثيران) and the ḥajar al-tays (حجر التيس) and their medical uses taken from the Ṣaydanah of Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (ff. 62v-64r)
3. Discussion of the 'narcissus fly' (ذباب النرجس) and its bite (f. 64r)
4. Recipe for the clay of wisdom (طين الحكمة), a highly heat resistant clay used for protecting laboratory glassware (f. 64r)
5. Recipe for an Indian animal-based medicine that was available in Basra at the same price as musk (ff. 64r-v)
6. Aphrodisiac recipe presented by Jibrā’il ibn Bakhtīshū‘ to the Caliph al-Ma’mūn (f. 64v)
7. Discussion of the medicinal uses of a number of trees (f. 64v)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002402790
040-002404582 - Is part of:
- Or 9452 : Medical compendium
Or 9452, ff 62r-64v : Three short poems and seven medical extracts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002402790[0003]/040-002404582
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Or 9452
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- ff. 62r-64v
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000094.0x00011a
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1291
- End Date:
- 1291
- Date Range:
- 3 Ramaḍān 690
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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