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Or 5927, ff 1r-67v

Record Id:
040-003417252
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003417247
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100061395436.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100069662454.0x000004
Format:
ISAD(G)
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 on the 'oil of distillation' (دهن الاستقطار, f. 67r-v).

　

Contents:

  • Chapter One: Making syrups (الباب الأول في عمل الأشربة, f. 1r-11v, defective at end);
  • [Chapter Two: Preserves] ([الباب الثاني في المربيات], ff. 12r-18v, defective at beginning);
  • Chapter Three: Cordials (الباب الثالث في الجوارشات, ff. 18v-24r);
  • Chapter Four: Pastes (الباب الرابع في المعاجن, ff. 24r-34v, defective at end);
  • [Chapter Five: Seeds] ([الباب الخامس في الحبوب], ff. 35v-36v, defective at beginning);
  • Chapter Six: Laxatives and decoctions (الباب السادس في البخاتج المسهلات والمطبوخات, ff. 36v-38r);
  • Chapter Seven: Tablets (الباب السابع في أقراص, ff. 38r-40r);
  • Chapter Eight: Powders (الباب الثامن في السفوفات, ff. 40r-41r);
  • Chapter Nine: Medicinal perfumes (الباب التاسع في الغوالي, ff. 41r-42r);
  • Chapter Ten: Discussion of aromas (الباب العاشر في ذكر العبير, f. 42r-v);
  • Chapter Eleven: Discussion of scented powders (الباب الحادي عشر في ذكر الذرائر, ff. 42v-43r);
  • Chapter Twelve: Using ben wood, unguents and incenses (الباب الثاني عشر في عمل البان والمسوحات والبخورات, ff. 43r-45v);
  • Chapter Thirteenth: Distilling fragrant waters (الباب الثالث عشر في تصعيد مياه الطيب, ff. 45v-47r);
  • Chapter Fourteen: Using oils (الباب الرابع عشر في عمل الأدهان, ff. 47r-56v);
  • Chapter Fifteen: Using fruit waters and a discussion of clothes (?) (الباب الخامس عشر في عمل مياه الفواكه وذكر الثياب, ff. 56v-58r);
  • Chapter Sixteen: Using eye powders (الباب السادس عشر في عمل الأكحال, ff. 58r-64v);
  • Chapter Seventeen: Using salves (الباب السابع عشر في عمل المراهم, ff. 64v-67r).

Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-2, folio mutilated and partially illegible due to tidemark):

[البا]ب الأول في عمل الأشربة صنعة

شراب البنفسج ...

　

Ends (f. 67r, lines 10-12):

... بعد أن يغسل بماء فاتر قد طبخ فيه نوار بنفسج إن شاء الله

تحلي وتبكر الشيحوم (؟) طرية لا قديمة ولا مملوحة لما في الملح من الحدة

والنزع (؟) إن شاء الله تعالى لا رب غيره ولا معبود سواه

　

Colophon (f. 67r, lines 13-15):

تم كتاب صناعة اليد من الأشربة وغير ذلك لأي عبد ربه

بحمد الله وعونه وصلى الله على محمد نبيه وعلى آله وسلم تسليمًا

ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم لا رب غيره

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003417247
040-003417252
Is part of:
Or 5927 : Four treatises on pharmacopoeia, cookery and craft techniques

 

Or 5927, ff 1r-67v : Ṣināʿat al-yad صناعة اليدAnonymous
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Ff. 1r-67v

Digitised Content:
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100069662454.0x000004
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Languages:
Arabic
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1599
Date Range:
15th or 16th century
Era:
CE
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Finding Aids:
  • Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 47
  • Hamarneh, Sami, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library (Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item II.16, pp. 249-50
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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Subjects:
Medicine--Early works to 1800