Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Huntington donat. 31 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Huntington donat. Collection

Contents

8 works by 3 authors on the subject of Medicine

1. ff. 208r-228v; 229r-245v

Chapters 1 [incomplete] and 7

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 234
[UAM. 529 (4) and (5), with corrig. Nicoll p. 585
2. ff. 3v-108r

Pt. 2 bk. 9 [complete] and bk. 10 [incomplete (to two thirds of way through bāb 25)]

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 237
[UAM. 529 (1)]
3. ff. 109r-118r

Pt. 2 bk. 10, last part of bāb 20 - bāb 29 (i.e. end of work)

bāb nos. are "one less" in this copy than in fols. 3-108 of this MS. bāb 23 here equals bāb 24 there, etc.

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 237
[UAM. 529 (1)]
4. ff. 121v-166r

*The Fuṣūl were publ. in Latin trans, at Leiden in 1489 and 1510 (see Brock.). Compare MS. and trans.?

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 234
[UAM. 529 (2 [1]) with corrig. Nicoll p. 585]
5. ff. 166v-172r
Author: Anonymous

Advice on various matters of hygiene and health

*text trails off on f. 172r

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Medicine
[UAM. 529 (2 [ii])]
6. ff. 172v-174v
Author: Anonymous

ff. 172v and first half of 173r are on the usefulness of various drugs

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Medicine
[UAM. 529 (2 [ii])]
7. ff. 175r-177v
Author: Anonymous
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Medicine
[UAM. 529 (2 [ii])]
8. ff. 178 -207)
Author: Anonymous
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 505
[UAM. 529 (3)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
21 ff; 17 ff. 106 ff. 10 ff. 46 ff. 7 ff. [incomplete*]. 3 ff. [lacks beg.]. 3 ff. [lacking beg.]. 30 ff.

History

Origin: 1390 or 1392 CE ?15th cent. CE 1161 CE 1390 CE n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Robert Huntington, d. 1701 between 1678-1683.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (single sample image)

Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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