MS Arabic 484 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
A fragment of an unidentified work on medicine
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 35Binding
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).