MS Arabic 508 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
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1 anonymously written copy of Sharḥ al-qānūn
Title: Sharḥ al-qānūn
Title: شرح القانون
The title is written in a modern hand, different from that of the manuscript text.
Possibly a commentary on al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb of Avicenna.
Incipit: (beginning) fol.1a.2 ومن وجع الاذن ويبرد يوخذ بيد ستر وفرفٹون وافيون وميعه ساٸله وفلفل وورق السّداب والفوتنج والخردل
Explicit: (ending) fol.32b.17 قد انكر بعض الاطباء ان الرسوب دلالته على هضم المعدة والمرارى لم ينكر بل قال فى كتابه الكبير المعروف بالحادى
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Burnished
Extent: 32 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 208 × 126 mm.
Dimensions (written): 129 × 57 mm.
Foliation: in pencil, European; Catchwords present.
Collation
1-32
Condition
Deteriorated
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Taʿlīq
Ink: Black and purple
17 272 0.6 85 20Decoration
Rubrication in purple ink, occasionally
Binding
History
Origin: Undated