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Or 8293, f 170v

Record Id:

040-002430854

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002430845

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000006834.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023483503.0x000003

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 8293, f 170v

Title:

Three medical prescriptions

Scope & Content:

On f. 170v a hand other than that of the main scribe, ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Ḥalabī, probably that of one of the manuscript’s owners, has copied out three prescriptions: (1) a tested remedy for haemorrhoids taken from Ibn al-Ḥadhdhā; (2) ‘hospital dried fruit (al-nuqū‘ al-māristānī)’; and (3) an aphrodisiac paste with three uses.

Begins (170v, lines 1-3):

للبواسير مجرب عن ابن الحذاء

ثلثا درهم أفيون ونصف درهم زرنيخ أحمر ونصف درهم زرنيخ أصفر ودرهم هالك يدق ناعمًا وتؤخذ ثلثة درهم

حرقة قطن وتحرق ولا يترك يخرج لها دخان...

Ends (f. 170v, lines 18-23):

معجون السليخة وله ثلثة فوائد الأولى لا تحبل المرأة

الثانية يجب الرجل إليها الثالثة لا يضعف البدن بكثرة الجماع

خشخاش أبيض إسقنقور كل واحد درحمان نصف مرارة شبوط وبزر سذاب ولؤلؤ وصامرٮو (؟) ما يتسوم وتٮا (؟) الحمار كل

واحد درهمان سليخة ومن كل واحد نصف درهم بزر خيار وقثار نعنع وبزر بطيخ كل واحد نصف درهم صعتر فارسي وكافور

كل واحد سدس درهم يجمع ويسحق وينحلّ ويعجن بعسل منزوع الرغوة ويرفع ويستعمله ليلًا إن كان الجماع نهارًا أو نهارًا إن

كان الجماع ليلًا

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002430845
040-002430854

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Or 8293 : Aqrābādhīn madīnat al-salam أقراباذين مدينة السلمIbn al-Tilmīdh, Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣā‘id ابن…

Or 8293, f 170v : Three medical prescriptions

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032-002430845[0003]/040-002430854

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

f. 170v

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000006825.0x000001

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Languages:

Arabic

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1227

End Date:

1228

Date Range:

625

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 200 x 146 mm leaf [141 x 91 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cm

Script: Very clear, well pointed and vocalised naskh; the scribe was ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Husayn al-Ḥalabī

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings

Decoration: Title page (f. 2a), title and author information in cloud bands in box with gold borders, on background of blue with foliate arabesque design partially shaded in red; below and to the left of this is a similar, but less ornate, box containing information relating to the scribe

Binding: Ottoman (?) binding in red leather with blind-tolled borders, medallion and pendants; no envelope flap

Condition: light waterstains, some foxing, and a notable amount bleed-through of black ink

Marginalia: Frequent marginalia by more than one hand

Seals: See ff. 1r, 2r, 3r, 170r

Custodial History:

Folio 1r contains a number of annotations including owners’ inscriptions and stamps.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from Abdul Majid Belshah, 8 November 1919

Administrative Context:

Baghdad (?)

Finding Aids:

Hamarneh, Sami, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library (Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte 1975), page 139, Item 158

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)