P. 8 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: (۱) تقويم الأدوية (٢) تقويم الابدان Two Arabic medical works, viz. (1) the Taqwimal-Adwiya, a tabulated list of
remedies by Kamálu'd-Din Hubaysh ibn Ibrahim of Tiflis (circa 600/1203-4); and
(2) the Taqwimul-Abdán, a tabulated list of diseases, showing the aetiology,
symptoms and treatment of each, by Yahyà ibn Isà ibn Jazla (d. 493/1099-1100). This MS., one of the Belshah MSS. bought in January, 1920, comprises 121 ff.
of 31 × 20'5 c. and a variable number of lines, and was formerly in the library of
Muhammad Hasan Khán Şani'u'd-Dawla (1298/1881), whose book-plate is affixed
to f. 1. (1) The Tagi'l-Adwiya (fl. 1-71) begins: الحمد لله مستحق الحمد والثناء ومستوجب العباد بما اولاهم من الآلاء وأفاض عليهم من الكرم والنعما الخ ... قال ابو الفضل حبيش بن ابرهيم المتطبب التفليسى لما قرأت كتب جالينوس
الله عشر التي هي اصول الطب وتصحفت ما دونه الأطباء المتقدمون والمحدثون في صناعة
الطب وطالعت ما صنفوه في الأدوية المغردة والأغذية التي هي مادة الطب وبها يتم حفظ الصحة
وشفاء الأمراض وقدَّمْتُ النظر في كتاب ديسقوريدس الذى له السبق في المعرفة (sic) الأدوية
واجتنائها من البستاني والبرى والسهلى والجبلى والمبالغة في تحقيق معرفتها في سبعة
مقالات الخ Amongst the writers on Materia Medica mentioned in this Preface are, besides
Dioscorides, Galen, Oribasius, Hunayn ibn Isháq, ar-Rází (the Hawi or "Con-
tinens"), Ibn 'Abdán al-Ahwází, al-Majúsí (the Kámilu's-Sana'at), Abú Sahl
al-Masihi, Ibn Butlán, and Avicenna (the Qánún). The title of the work is given
as Tagwimal-Adariya, and it is dedicated to ... مولانا الوزير الصاحب العادل الرحيم المؤيد المنصور شرف الدين معزّ الاسلام والمسلمين عضد
الائمة خاصة خليفه ظهير الملوك والسلاطين سيّد الوزراء صدر الشرق والغرب
الانام شمس الملة بحر
صفى أمير المؤمنين على بن طراد الرسى (?) ادام الله على الاسلام ظلاله وضاعف على الأوقات اقباله
وبلغه في الدارين آماله كما اسبغ على الخليفة [الخليقة افضاله بمحمد وآله ، The verso of each leaf (ff. 2-58) contains a table ruled in red into thirteen
horizontal spaces, each allotted to one drug and divided by vertical lines into twelve
compartments. The drugs are arranged alphabetically, according to their Arabic
names, of which the Persian, Syriac, Romaic and Ancient Greek equivalents (all
written in the Arabic character) are given in the next four columns. The seven
remaining columns give (1) the nature (Mahiyyat) of the drug in question; (2) the
indications for its use; (3) its properties; (4) its uses and (5) misuses; (6) its
appropriate excipient; (7) its dose. Needless to say, the foreign equivalents of the
Arabic and Persian names of the drugs are terribly corrupt and in many cases
hardly to be identified. About 734 drugs are thus enumerated. The opposite page
(i.e. the recto of each leaf) contains selected medical opinions as to the value and
use of each drug, arranged in thirteen corresponding vertical spaces, not divided in
this case by horizontal lines. The remainder of the Taqwimul-Adwiya (ff. 59-70), each divided into 36
(18 x 2) compartments, contains lists of drugs classified under their properties
(sweet, bitter, astringent, laxative, etc.), with short notes on each. About 836
medicinal substances are included in these tables. The text ends on f. 71ª, and is
undated, but is written in a fairly modern ta'liq, apparently of the eighteenth century. (2) The Taqwimul-Abdan of Yahya ibn Ísà ibn Jazla (see Brockelmann, vol.
1, p. 485) occupies the remainder of the MS. (ff. 73-121), and is also arranged in
tabular form. The Preface (ff. 73-74") begins: The Table of Contents occupies ff. 74-75", and is headed: الحمد لله الذى خلق وسوى وقدّر وهدى وأمرض وشفا ذكر ما ضمّنت كلّ ورقة من علم الأمراض " The diseases are classified under forty-four categories, under each of which eight
of the principal species are enumerated, viz. (1) quotidian fevers; (2) "putrid"
fevers, including tertian and quartan; (3) tumours; (4) and (5) skin-diseases;
(6) external diseases of the head and face; (7) same of hands and feet; (8) wounds
and ulcers; (9) ulcers and burns; (10) poisonous bites and stings; (11), (12) and
(13), animal and vegetable poisons; (14) headache; (15) and (16) diseases of the
brain (17) nervous diseases; (18) and (19), diseases of the eyelids; (20) diseases
of the conjunctiva; (21) same of the cornea; (22) same of the humours; (23) same
of the optic nerve and ear; (24) same of the ear and nose; (25) same of the olfactory
sense and tongue; (26) same of the lips and teeth; (27) same of the teeth, gums
and uvula; (28) same of the throat, lungs and trachea; (29) haemoptysis, pleurisy,
etc.; (30) cardiac diseases; (31), (32), (33) and (34), diseases of the stomach and
oesophagus (35) same of the intestines; (36) same of the liver; (37) same of the
gall-bladder and spleen; (38) same of the spleen and kidneys; (39) and (40) same
of the bladder and testicles; (41) and (42) same of the uterus; (43) same of the
uterus and breasts; (44) same of the lower extremities. A page (f. 75-118) is devoted to each of these forty-four categories. An
initial table, ruled in eleven columns, contains (1) the name of each disease
mentioned in each class; (2) five columns indicating the temperament, age, season,
and country favourable to the genesis of the disease, and its prognosis; (3) four dealing with, التدبير, السهل الوجود التدبير الملكي الاستفراغ العلامة السبب columns headed actiology, symptoms, blood-letting, and the simpler and more complicated treatment.
A fuller note on the treatment of each disease occupies a corresponding portion of the
opposite page. The last 5 pages (ff. 119-121") contain the Conclusion. The MS.
ends with the following colophon, dated Friday, 11 Shawwál, 954 (Nov. 24,
1547): رتبه الشيخ الجليل الحكيم يحيى بن عيسى بن على بن جزلة صاحب كتاب منهاج قد فرغ من كتابته يوم الجمعة الحادى عشر شهر شوال سنة اربع وخمسين وتسعمائه ، البيان ....
remedies by Kamálu'd-Din Hubaysh ibn Ibrahim of Tiflis (circa 600/1203-4); and
(2) the Taqwimul-Abdán, a tabulated list of diseases, showing the aetiology,
symptoms and treatment of each, by Yahyà ibn Isà ibn Jazla (d. 493/1099-1100). This MS., one of the Belshah MSS. bought in January, 1920, comprises 121 ff.
of 31 × 20'5 c. and a variable number of lines, and was formerly in the library of
Muhammad Hasan Khán Şani'u'd-Dawla (1298/1881), whose book-plate is affixed
to f. 1. (1) The Tagi'l-Adwiya (fl. 1-71) begins: الحمد لله مستحق الحمد والثناء ومستوجب العباد بما اولاهم من الآلاء وأفاض عليهم من الكرم والنعما الخ ... قال ابو الفضل حبيش بن ابرهيم المتطبب التفليسى لما قرأت كتب جالينوس
الله عشر التي هي اصول الطب وتصحفت ما دونه الأطباء المتقدمون والمحدثون في صناعة
الطب وطالعت ما صنفوه في الأدوية المغردة والأغذية التي هي مادة الطب وبها يتم حفظ الصحة
وشفاء الأمراض وقدَّمْتُ النظر في كتاب ديسقوريدس الذى له السبق في المعرفة (sic) الأدوية
واجتنائها من البستاني والبرى والسهلى والجبلى والمبالغة في تحقيق معرفتها في سبعة
مقالات الخ Amongst the writers on Materia Medica mentioned in this Preface are, besides
Dioscorides, Galen, Oribasius, Hunayn ibn Isháq, ar-Rází (the Hawi or "Con-
tinens"), Ibn 'Abdán al-Ahwází, al-Majúsí (the Kámilu's-Sana'at), Abú Sahl
al-Masihi, Ibn Butlán, and Avicenna (the Qánún). The title of the work is given
as Tagwimal-Adariya, and it is dedicated to ... مولانا الوزير الصاحب العادل الرحيم المؤيد المنصور شرف الدين معزّ الاسلام والمسلمين عضد
الائمة خاصة خليفه ظهير الملوك والسلاطين سيّد الوزراء صدر الشرق والغرب
الانام شمس الملة بحر
صفى أمير المؤمنين على بن طراد الرسى (?) ادام الله على الاسلام ظلاله وضاعف على الأوقات اقباله
وبلغه في الدارين آماله كما اسبغ على الخليفة [الخليقة افضاله بمحمد وآله ، The verso of each leaf (ff. 2-58) contains a table ruled in red into thirteen
horizontal spaces, each allotted to one drug and divided by vertical lines into twelve
compartments. The drugs are arranged alphabetically, according to their Arabic
names, of which the Persian, Syriac, Romaic and Ancient Greek equivalents (all
written in the Arabic character) are given in the next four columns. The seven
remaining columns give (1) the nature (Mahiyyat) of the drug in question; (2) the
indications for its use; (3) its properties; (4) its uses and (5) misuses; (6) its
appropriate excipient; (7) its dose. Needless to say, the foreign equivalents of the
Arabic and Persian names of the drugs are terribly corrupt and in many cases
hardly to be identified. About 734 drugs are thus enumerated. The opposite page
(i.e. the recto of each leaf) contains selected medical opinions as to the value and
use of each drug, arranged in thirteen corresponding vertical spaces, not divided in
this case by horizontal lines. The remainder of the Taqwimul-Adwiya (ff. 59-70), each divided into 36
(18 x 2) compartments, contains lists of drugs classified under their properties
(sweet, bitter, astringent, laxative, etc.), with short notes on each. About 836
medicinal substances are included in these tables. The text ends on f. 71ª, and is
undated, but is written in a fairly modern ta'liq, apparently of the eighteenth century. (2) The Taqwimul-Abdan of Yahya ibn Ísà ibn Jazla (see Brockelmann, vol.
1, p. 485) occupies the remainder of the MS. (ff. 73-121), and is also arranged in
tabular form. The Preface (ff. 73-74") begins: The Table of Contents occupies ff. 74-75", and is headed: الحمد لله الذى خلق وسوى وقدّر وهدى وأمرض وشفا ذكر ما ضمّنت كلّ ورقة من علم الأمراض " The diseases are classified under forty-four categories, under each of which eight
of the principal species are enumerated, viz. (1) quotidian fevers; (2) "putrid"
fevers, including tertian and quartan; (3) tumours; (4) and (5) skin-diseases;
(6) external diseases of the head and face; (7) same of hands and feet; (8) wounds
and ulcers; (9) ulcers and burns; (10) poisonous bites and stings; (11), (12) and
(13), animal and vegetable poisons; (14) headache; (15) and (16) diseases of the
brain (17) nervous diseases; (18) and (19), diseases of the eyelids; (20) diseases
of the conjunctiva; (21) same of the cornea; (22) same of the humours; (23) same
of the optic nerve and ear; (24) same of the ear and nose; (25) same of the olfactory
sense and tongue; (26) same of the lips and teeth; (27) same of the teeth, gums
and uvula; (28) same of the throat, lungs and trachea; (29) haemoptysis, pleurisy,
etc.; (30) cardiac diseases; (31), (32), (33) and (34), diseases of the stomach and
oesophagus (35) same of the intestines; (36) same of the liver; (37) same of the
gall-bladder and spleen; (38) same of the spleen and kidneys; (39) and (40) same
of the bladder and testicles; (41) and (42) same of the uterus; (43) same of the
uterus and breasts; (44) same of the lower extremities. A page (f. 75-118) is devoted to each of these forty-four categories. An
initial table, ruled in eleven columns, contains (1) the name of each disease
mentioned in each class; (2) five columns indicating the temperament, age, season,
and country favourable to the genesis of the disease, and its prognosis; (3) four dealing with, التدبير, السهل الوجود التدبير الملكي الاستفراغ العلامة السبب columns headed actiology, symptoms, blood-letting, and the simpler and more complicated treatment.
A fuller note on the treatment of each disease occupies a corresponding portion of the
opposite page. The last 5 pages (ff. 119-121") contain the Conclusion. The MS.
ends with the following colophon, dated Friday, 11 Shawwál, 954 (Nov. 24,
1547): رتبه الشيخ الجليل الحكيم يحيى بن عيسى بن على بن جزلة صاحب كتاب منهاج قد فرغ من كتابته يوم الجمعة الحادى عشر شهر شوال سنة اربع وخمسين وتسعمائه ، البيان ....
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 121
Dimensions: 31 × 20.5 cm.
Layout
a variable number of lines
Hand(s)
Modern ta'liq script, apparently of the eighteenth century.
History
Origin: 954 AH; 1547 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
From the library of Muhammad Hasan Khán Şani'u'd-Dawla (1298/1881), whose book-plate is affixed to f. 1.
Bought from Belshah in 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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