MS Arabic 174 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
1 copy of Jāmiʻ mufradāt al-adwiyah wa-al-aghdhiyah by Ibn al-Bayṭār, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad
Title: جامع مفردات الادوية والاغذية
Though the title and author of the treatise do not appear in the MS, it has been identified as al-Bayṭār's Jāmiʻ mufradāt al-adwiyah (Compendium of simple drugs and foods).
Work is incomplete: contains only Book 2 and part of Book 3.
Incipit: (beginning) fol.1a.1 ابن سينا ٹحلل جدا يرش بطبيخه البيت فيقتل البراغيث والارضة
Explicit: (ending) fol.78a.29 سراج القطرٮ الٿمٹمى فى كتابه المرشد الٮٹروح الوقاد وٹسمى سحره الصںم وهذه السحره … سحره سلٹماں اٮں داوود علٹهما السلام
Language(s): Arabic
fol.17a.9
Title: حرف الذال داقي الاسلندارني معناه ٮالٹوںانيه
fol.30a.19
Title: حرف الراء راسْن هو الحٮاح بلغه الاٮدلس
fol.31b.14
Title: حَرف الزاي زَاجَ
fol.49b.2
Title: حرف السٿں سادح دسقورٽدوس فى الاولى ما لا ينزل
fol.75b.8
Title: حرف الشين
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Burnished
Extent: 76 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 236 × 171 mm.
Dimensions (written): 208 × 132 mm.
Foliation: all in Arabic; catchwords present.
Collation
Cannot distinguish between the gatherings due to tight binding.
01,1-76, 001
Condition
sound
Layout
7mm
Hand(s)
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black and red
32 960 0.36 90 20Decoration
Rubrication throughout.
Additions:
- Some additional notes.
Binding
243 × 177 mm. ; Paper paper / cloth covers.
Accompanying Material
Cataloguing card refers to some information about the manuscript in English.
History
Origin: Undated
Provenance and Acquisition
Fol.78b An endowment by Ḥajjī Muḥammad Afandī.