MS Arabic 480 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
1 copy of Sharḥ mūjiz al-qānūn by Nafīs ibn ʻIwaḍ
Title: Sharḥ mūjiz al-qānūn
Title: شرح موجز القانون
A fragment of commentary on Ibn al-Nafīs' commentary on al-Qānūn by Ibn Sīnā. The text and its authorship were not identified either by F. Ḥaddād or by H.H. Biesterfeld. cf. MS Arabic 445.
Incipit: (beginning) Fol. 1a.1 وتليين الطبيعة نافع لانه يحلل البقايا
Explicit: (ending) Fol. 32b.21 اي الاسفنجه الناشب شراب ماء ثم
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: European paper. Watermark: Letter M in vignette.
Extent: 32 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 217 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 165 × 100 mm.
Foliation: Pages are numbered with Arabic numerals; Catchwords are written underneath the text block.
Collation
1 - 4 (8)
Condition
Good
Hand(s)
Script: Naskh
Ink: Brown and red
290 1:1 80 20Decoration
Rubrication
Additions:
- Occasional corrections and additions in the margins referring to the contents (fols. 2a, 10a, 12b, 13a, 18a, 24a).
Binding
Paper
History
Origin: 18th century CE
Bibliography
Ḥaddād/Biesterfeld no. 115 (Shelf-mark: 510/ … / … /n 22),