P. 6 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: شرح الموجز في علم الطلب A Commentary on Al-Majas ft Ilmi't-Tibb, the well-known Compendium of
Avicenna's Qánún by 'Alá'u'd-Din Abu'l-IIasan Ali ibn Abi'l-IIaram (not-Hazm,
as in this MS.) al-Qarshi, commonly called Ibnu'n-Nafis (d. 687/1288 or 696/1296)
See Brockelmann, vol. 1, p. 493. This MS., bought with 46 others from the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in
January, 1920, is written in a good, clear nasta'liq with rubrications, and comprises
402 ff. of 27.2 x 16.7 c. and 23 ll. There is no date or colophon, but the date of
transcription can hardly be earlier than the sixteenth or seventeenth century.
The book is divided into four sections called Fann as follows: Fann I (f. 2). General principles and considerations. Fann II (f. 116). Drugs and diet. Fann III (f. 168) Special Pathology a capite ad calcem (f. 168). Fann IV ( 337) General Pathology. The Commentary appears to be that of Burhánu'd-Din Nafis ibn 'Awad (?) al-
Kirmani (composed at Samarqand in 841/1437), since its opening words correspond
with the MS. of that work described in vol. IV, p. 64, of the Bankipore Library by
Azimu'd-Din Abmad (Calcutta, 1910).
Avicenna's Qánún by 'Alá'u'd-Din Abu'l-IIasan Ali ibn Abi'l-IIaram (not-Hazm,
as in this MS.) al-Qarshi, commonly called Ibnu'n-Nafis (d. 687/1288 or 696/1296)
See Brockelmann, vol. 1, p. 493. This MS., bought with 46 others from the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in
January, 1920, is written in a good, clear nasta'liq with rubrications, and comprises
402 ff. of 27.2 x 16.7 c. and 23 ll. There is no date or colophon, but the date of
transcription can hardly be earlier than the sixteenth or seventeenth century.
The book is divided into four sections called Fann as follows: Fann I (f. 2). General principles and considerations. Fann II (f. 116). Drugs and diet. Fann III (f. 168) Special Pathology a capite ad calcem (f. 168). Fann IV ( 337) General Pathology. The Commentary appears to be that of Burhánu'd-Din Nafis ibn 'Awad (?) al-
Kirmani (composed at Samarqand in 841/1437), since its opening words correspond
with the MS. of that work described in vol. IV, p. 64, of the Bankipore Library by
Azimu'd-Din Abmad (Calcutta, 1910).
Title: شرح الموجز في علم الطب
Language(s): Arabic
References
Selections from al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb القانون في الطب of .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 402
Dimensions: 27.2 × 16.7 cm.
Layout
23 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a good, clear nasta'liq with rubrications.
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS., bought with 46 others from the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in January, 1920.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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