MS Arabic 11 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
1 copy of Ḥayat al-ḥayawān al-kubrá by Damīrī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá
Title: Ḥayat al-ḥayawān al-kubrá
Title: حياة الحيوان الكبرى
Major work on the life of animals.
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي شرف نوع الإنسان بالأصغرين القلب واللسان وفضّله على سائر الحيوان بنعمتي المنطق والبيان، ورجّحه بالعقل الذي وزن به قضايا القياس في أحسن ميزان ...
Explicit: ...والآخر شفاء. وابتدأت بالوحش الذي منه الشجاعة تقتضي ... تم الجزء الثاني من حياة الحيوان الكبير...
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 247 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 268 × 185 mm.
Dimensions (written): 200 × 134(inconsistent) mm.
Foliation: Arabic
Collation
Lack of visibility to distinguish between the gatherings.
242+005
Condition
Deteriorated
Layout
1a-242a 6
242b 6-8 (varies)
Hand(s)
Scribe: Unknown, however the last 3 folios were transcribed at a later date by ملا بن محمد تقي بن الملا ( Mullā b. Muḥammad Taqī b. al-Mullā )
Decoration
Rubrication throughout text
Additions:
- Occasional marginalia throughout text.
Binding
277 × 194 mm. Paper; leather covers Primary endbands: natural colour; Secondary endbands: natural colour; Islamic endbands.
History
Origin: 1061 A.H.; 1650 CE
Subjects
- Zoology--Pre-Linnean works
- Natural history