MS Arab. SM 4272 (Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project)

Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project collection

Summary of Contents: This manuscript contains a commentary on the book of Aphorisms attributed to Hippocrates.

Title: Commentary on Hippocratic Aphorisms

Original manuscript in Houghton Library, Harvard University.

This is a lemmatically arranged commentary. The introduction begins on f. 1b; the beginning of each Book is as follows: Bk1: 4b; Bk2: 22b; Bk3: 41b; Bk4: 55a; Bk5: 79a; Bk6: 101b; Bk7: 118b.

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 108 leaves (ff. 1a-108b)

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Dimensions (written):

Layout

One column with 25 lines.The beginning of each lemma and the beginning of each commentary are in rubric.

Hand(s)

The text is written in naskh.

Additions:

The copy has been collated with the exemplar. The copyist has entered many corrections in the margins (frequently marked with صح). Other hands also have added notes.

History

Origin: The copy was completed by Darwīsh Muḥammad ibn Shaykh Bahāʼ al-Dīn; it has a date, but has been cut off and obscured by irresponsible correction to the folio.

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership or waqf stamp is obliterated on f. 1a.

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Funding of Cataloguing

European Research Council

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