MS Arabic 436 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
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Contents
1 copy of Mūjiz al-qānūn fī ʻilm al-ṭibb by Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm
Title: موجز القانون في علم الطب
Title: موجز 3b.1
A well-known commentary on al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb القانون في الطب of Avicenna, 980-1037 ابن سينا .
Incipit: (basmala) Fol. 1b.1 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Incipit: Fol. 1b.2 قال الشيخ الامام العالم الحير الكامل قد قوة العلماء رئيس الحكماء ابو الحسن علاء الدين على ابن ابى الحزم القرشى المتطبب قد رتبت هذا الكتاب على اربع فنون
Explicit: (ending) Fol. 314b.12 وما فى المتن من مباحث واضح وذرورًا العروق حركته قوا الصداع الم فى الراس
Language(s): Arabic
See WMS Arabic 405 for contents.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Watermark: letters ZZUOLI
Extent: 01+315+001 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 90 mm.
Foliation: in Arabic numerals, written underneath the text block.
Collation
Due to the binding, collation could not be established exactly.
Hand(s)
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black, headings occasionally are highlighted in red.
120 1:1 100 20Additions:
- The manuscript contains many interlinear comments and occasional recipes.
- Paper: European
History
Origin: 18th century CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Known owners: Sāmī Ibrāhīm Ḥaddād (1986).
Sotheby's lot 493 (22/21.11.85)
Bibliography
Ḥaddād/Biesterfeld no. 65 (Shelf-mark: 510/687 Nm3 / … /76c)