Or. 595 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: The second, third and fourth Discourses (Maqālāt) of an Arabic work on Medicine. The second Discourse is on fevers (26 chapters), the third is on diseases of the different organs (108 chapters) and the fourth is on drugs (arranged alphabetically) and diet.
Language(s): Arabic
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Physical Description
Form: codex
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History
Origin: 618 AH; 1221 CE Despite being dated 618/1221, the manuscript is evidently of a much later date.
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought from Géjou in 1905.
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1922", abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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