Wadh.Minasian 616 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)
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Oriental Manuscripts Minasian Collection
Collection 93
A collection of three works on medicine.
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 89 ff.Binding
Light brown leather, 15 × 21 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only.
Ruled, tooled edges.
Condition
Front cover torn, cover detached from the copy; head band and stitching in disarray; back cover is newly built; spine restored by leather.History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
1) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 126
Contents
Summary of Contents: This is a work on medical science whose title and author remains unknown due to defective incipit and explicit. The treatise starts from around the middle of the thrid chapter of the first article, and continues onto the second (on علم عملی رطوبت هر عضو ), the third (on ذکر ادویه مفرده ), and the fourth article (on ذکر ادویه مرکبه ).ff. 1a-53aLanguage(s): PersianMedicine
Title: [On medicine]Incipit: ||… و گرمی و تری بر این اساس غالب است و سن شتاب و جوانی است و این سنی است که بالیدن و افزودن درین سن تمام میشود…Explicit: … آرد گندم یک من روغن کقاله یک من و نیم عسل چهار من کوفته و بیخته نافوری. والله اعلم.References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 126
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Oriental paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size.Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 14 cm.Dimensions (written): 18 × 12 cm.Collation
ff. 1a-53aCondition
Water damage on papers.
Layout
18 lines per page
ff. 1a-53aHand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿaliq, one hand, regular. Anonymous
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1192 AH; 1778 CE2) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 167
Contents
Summary of Contents: The author has been living in the Saljuq era and at the court of Sulṭān Sanjar, and has created this work upon his request in 17 chapters. The first to fifth chapters are about foods as well as plain and compound drugs, and the sixth to seventeenth chapters about the issues around sexual intercourse.ff. 53a-88bLanguage(s): PersianMedicine
Incipit: بسمله، حمدله، اما بعد بدانکه مصنف این کتاب هیبتالله بن ازده مشیر بن جانی بن جاماس میگوید که چون به شرف خدمت… ابوالهارث سنجر بن ملکشاه رحمه الله مشرف شدم… بنده را بخلوتگاه خود و از اسرار خود چندین بر لفظ مبارک پادشاه فرمود که… درین باب اشارت رفت و کتابی ساخت از مجامعت… شرط بندگی بجای آورد و در حقایق و دقایق این کتاب جهد تمام کرد…Explicit: … بادام تلخ پنج درم دارچین سه درم زنجبیل سه درم عسل سه وزن ادویه… سه دوم.Colophon: تمت الکتاب بعون الله الملک و الوهاب فی… شهر شوال… سنه ۱۱۹۲.According to the existing catalogues, there are only two copies left of this work, one in the Majlis Library of Iran, and one in Neẓāmiyah of Ḥaydar'ābād. The printed copy is also based on the manuscript held in Neẓāmiyah of Ḥaydar'ābād Dakan. Therefore, the current copy included, only three copies have survived from this work. The current copy is also important in respect of the author's name, which is recorded as Haybat Allāh ibn Azdah Mushīr ibn Janī ibn Jāmās, while it is listed as Haybat Allāh Zayd Baṣrī in the other two copies. As he has been working in the court of the Saljuqs, the second name does not seem to be reliably correct.
References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 167
Similar Copies in Other Libraries:
- MAJ 2/297
Printed editions:
- Tehran, 1388 Shamsī/2010
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, regular thickness, one size.Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 14 cm.Dimensions (written): 19.5 × 15 cm.Collation
ff. 53a-88bCondition
Water damage on papers.
Layout
18 lines per page
ff. 53a-88bHand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿaliq, one hand, regular. Anonymous
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Additions: Oval stamp on f. 63a: عبده الراجی محمد مهدی ۱۱۲۶History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1192 AH; 1778 CE3) Persian Catalogue Sequence Number 761
Contents
Summary of Contents: The text contains 25 brief comments on various states of human temperaments.ff. 87b-89aLanguage(s): ArabicMedicine
Title: [Kitāb-i Buqrāṭ]Title: کتاب بقراطAuthor: UnknownIncipit: بسمله، کتاب البقراط الذی وجد فی قبره الفصل اول قال اذا کان فی وجه المریض ورم لا یجد له… کانت یده الیسری موضوعه علی صدره فاعلم انه یموت…Explicit: … فاعلم ان صاحبها یموت لاحدی عشره لیله فی اول مرضه وایه ذلک انه یعرض له فی بدو مرضه شهوه الحلواء شدیدا.Colophon: تم والله التوفیق والحمد لله رب العالمین.References
Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:
- FAW 761
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Oriental paper, natural buff, regular thickness, one size.Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 14 cm.Dimensions (written): 19.5 × 15 cm.Collation
ff. 87b-89aCondition
Water damage on papers.
Layout
18 lines per page
ff. 87b-89aHand(s)
Cursive Nastaʿaliq, one hand, regular. Anonymous
Decoration
Rubricated titles.
Additions: Notes on f. 89b. Miscellaneous Persian poetry on the second endpaper.History
Origin: Unknown place of origin; 1192 AH; 1778 CEAdditional Information
Record Sources
This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Wadham College (University of Oxford)
Key to Abbreviations
- FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
- MAJ: (Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly)
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