MS Arabic 484 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)

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A fragment of an unidentified work on medicine

Author: Anonymous
Title: A fragment of an unidentified work on medicine
Incipit: (beginning) Fol. 1a.1 المعاجين هي اعظم المركبات قدرًا واجلها نفعًا واكثرها في تداوي دخلًا واصبرها على مرور الزمان
Explicit: (ending) Fol. 15b.14 وفي بعض التراكيب يزاد كسفره محمصة (lacuna) زنجوش من كل سنة وهذا جيد في اصلاحه

Contains a description of various electuaries (معجونات).

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 15 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 160 × 110 mm.
Foliation: Catchwords are written underneath the text block.

Layout

Hand(s)

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black; headings are highlighted in red

165 1:0,8 110 35

Binding

Accompanying Material

Evidence of a former spine.

History

Origin: 17th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Known owners: Sāmī Ibrāhīm Ḥaddād (1986)

Sotheby's lot 525 (22/21.11.85).

Bibliography

    Ḥaddād/Biesterfeld no. 116 (Shelf-mark: 521/ … / … /n 23).

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