MS Arabic 485 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
Fragment from an anonymous work on medicine
Title: Fragment from a work on medicine
Comprises advice on sexual intercourse as well as diseases of men and women. There are also some interesting anthropological remarks.
Incipit: (beginning) Fol. 1a.1 فانه غاية صفة معجون هرمس يصلب الاحليل ويزيد في المنى والشهوة فاذا اخذ منه درهمان بما البصل وصفرة بيض فانه يزيد الباه
Explicit: (ending) Fol. 10b.18 ويحقن الرحم بدهن الزنبق المذاف شيء من الخلوق او الغالية
Language(s): Arabic
Fol. 3a.16
Title: الباب الثاني في امراض النسا اعلم ان التالها امراض نسا منها امراض لها اشتراك برحال
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: European paper; Watermark: Obscure
Extent: 10 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 245 × 165 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 120 mm.
Foliation: Catchwords are written underneath the text block.
Collation
1 (4) , 2 (6)
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Naskh
Ink: Brown
345 1:1 95 40Additions:
- Fol. 1a : Notes in margins
- Fol. 3a: Notes in margins
- Fol. 8b: Notes in margins
- Fol. 9b: Notes on margins
- Between fols. 4-5 is evidence of a lacuna.
Binding
History
Origin: 18th century CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Known owners: Sāmī Ibrāhīm Ḥaddād (1986)
Sotheby's lot 525 (22/21.11.85)
Bibliography
Ḥaddād/Biesterfeld no. 122 (Shelf-mark: 118 / … / … /n 25).