Islamic Arabic 178 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
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Mingana
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Summary of Contents: A compilation of several works bound together; three have been identified and catalogued, with additional three unidentified short medical texts.1. ff.1-22Fourth part of al-Ṭibb al-jadīd al-kīmiyāʼī alladhī ikhtaraʻahu Barākelsūs, a work on medicine and alchemy.
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Printed catalogue no. 987GAL II.365; II.666-7.2. ff.23-41An Arabic translation of the Latin work, Basilica chymica, by Croll, Oswald, approximately 1560-1609.
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Printed catalogue no. 988GAL I.c, esp. Suppl.no.33. ff.43-49vThe manuscript only contains a small part of the whole work.
Language(s): ArabicReferences
Printed catalogue no. 944GAL I.485, esp.no.1; I.887-8Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 64 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 20.0 × 15.9 cm.Dimensions (written):Layout
23 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in Naskhī in three different hands; red headings and rubrication throughout.
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History
Origin: Dated 2nd Muḥarram 1264. AHRecord Sources
Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.Availability
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