MS Arabic 436 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)

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1 copy of Mūjiz al-qānūn fī ʻilm al-ṭibb by Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm

Author: Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm, 1210 or 11-1288 ابن النفيس، علي بن أبي الحزم
Title: Mūjiz al-qānūn fī ʻilm al-ṭibb
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 20

Additions:
  • 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)

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