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Or 6285, ff 27r-147r
- Record Id:
- 040-003481551
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003481549
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100100038787.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123581550.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 6285, ff 27r-147r
- Title:
- Three fragments of a medical manuscript
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments of a medical manuscript, divided into three sections each separated by an unfoliated blank flyleaf. Each section is defective at beginning and all but the last also at the end with no indication of authors or titles.
Contents:
- (1) Anonymous commentary on Ibn Sīnā's (ابن سينا, d. 1037) al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (القانون في الطب, ff. 27r-102v);
- (2) Continuation of previous anonymous commentary on Ibn Sīnā's al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (ff. 103r-116v);
- (3) Anonymous medical compendium (ff. 117r-147r).
In section 3, most quotations are marked simply by 'he said' (قال), so it is probable but not certain that Ibn Sīnā is meant. There are many citations of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (حنين بن إسحق, d. 873), and less frequent citations of other physicians such as Yūḥannā ibn Sarābīyūn (يحنا بن سرابيون, here بن سرافيون, fl. 9th century, f. 136v, line 4) and ʿAlī ibn Riḍwān (علي بن رضوان, d. ca 1068, f. 138v, line 2). The author's own frequent comments are introduced by 'by me' (لي), and it is evident that he was resident in Damascus (see f. 135v, line 14: 'amongst us in Damascus' [عندنا في دمشق]).
The folios were previously in a different order as shown by an earlier modern foliation, which was crossed out when the folios were re-foliated. In this previous modern foliation, the first eight folios (previously ff. 27-34, now ff. 103-110) have a historic eastern Arabic foliation in black ink, in which the folios are 1-8. The first of these folios, has the words 'missing a folio from its beginning' (ناقصة ورقة من أوّله) written in the head margin (now f. 103r).
F. 47r contains a diagram of the earth with the two poles (قطبان) labelled and the five inhabited climes labelled cold (بارد), moderate (معتدل) and hot (حار).
Begins (f. 27r, lines 1-3, defective at beginning):
تفسير القيوح المذكورة في هذا الحد واعلم أنه إنما قدم لفظ القلم
لأنه جنس وقوله يتعرف فضل صوري وقوله أحوال بدن الإنسان من
جهة ما يصح ويزول عن صحة ...
Ends (f. 147r, lines 3-5):
والجَيْرونية يفتح الجيم جَرون من الأطباء وقوله في هذا الفصل أمرًا
من معرفة إلى قوله خصوصًا في المنافس الضيقة لأن أنفعال الهواء حينئذ
يكون أسرع يشكل ما فصل من الغريبة
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003481549
040-003481551 - Is part of:
- Or 6285 : Fragments of two medical manuscripts
Or 6285, ff 27r-147r : Three fragments of a medical manuscript - Hierarchy:
- 032-003481549[0002]/040-003481551
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Or 6285
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Ff. 27r-147r
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100123581550.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1299
- Date Range:
- 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 250 x 170 mm leaf [190 x 135 mm written]
Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink on ff. 103-110, British Museum foliation in pencil (see Scope and Content)
Ruling: No ruling; 22-25 lines per page; vertical spacing 12-13 lines per 10 cm
Script: Inelegant naskh
Ink: Brown ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red
Decoration: None
Condition: Many edge corners mutilated and repaired, tidemarks especially towards head
Marginalia: Few in more than one hand, see especially f. 90r which has a line of Persian verse written calligraphically in its head margin
Seals: None
- Custodial History:
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Shams al-Dīn ʿAlī (شمس الدين علي): his endowment statement (وقفية) without date, trimmed so only partially legible (f. 49v and 68v, head margin)
- Finding Aids:
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- 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. 44
- Hamarneh, Sami, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library (Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 123, pp. 106-7
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)