MS. Marsh 215 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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5 works by 3 authors on the subject of Medicine

1. ff. 2r-33v
Author: Anonymous
Title: A treatise in 10 bābs on every aspect of childbirth from the semen down to childrenʼs maladies

With lacunae

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Medicine
[UAM. 579 (1), with corr. Nic. p. 587; revd. by Beeston]
2. ff. 34v-49v
Author: Ibn al-Jazzār
Title: Kitāb fī al-suʻāl

On the cough, based on the works of Galen and Hippocrates, in 4 bābs

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 238
[UAM. 579 [(2) as revd. by Beeston]]
3. ff. 50v-62v
Author: Ibn al-Jazzār
Title: Kitāb fī al-ḥasā

On gallstones in the kidney and bladder, in 3 bābs

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 238
[UAM. 579 [(3) as revd. by Beeston]]
4. ff. 63v-78r
Author: Ibn al-Jazzār
Title: Maqālah fī al-tuḥāl wa-ʻilalihi wa-ʻilājihi

On enlargement of the spleen

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 238
[UAM. 579 [(4) as revd. by Beeston]]
5. ff. 78v-85v
Author: Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, d. 901
Title: Jawāmiʻ min kitāb Jālīnūs fī al-dhubūl
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 217
[UAM. 579 (3) [(5) as revd. by Beeston]]

Physical Description

Form: codex
32 ff. 16 ff. 13 ff. 16 ff. 8 ff.

History

Origin: 15th cent.? CE 15th cent.? CE 15th cent.? CE 15th cent.? CE 15th cent.? CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.

The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.

Record Sources

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

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JISC

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