Or. 5858 (St. Pancras, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
A number of medical treatises
Contents
Summary of Contents: 6 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Medicine, Science, Pharmacopeias, Horsemanship, Ethics—Iran, and Ethics
1. ff 2r-82r
Title: A work on therapeutics
Written in 850
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.
2. ff 156v-161v
Title: On pharmacy
17th-18th century
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.
3. ff 162r-187r
Title: Tract on materia medica
In the same hand as the next work in this volume
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.
4. ff 188r-204r
Title: ‘Ayn-i khavāṣṣ
Title: عین خواص
On the properties of animal, vegetable, and mineral substances
Translated from Arabic in 626 and copied in 875
In the margin there are also miscellaneous medical notes, for instance on 108r-124r and 132r-161r
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.
5. ff 124r-125r
Title: Farasnāmah
Title: فرسنامه
A mas̲navī on farriery
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.
6. ff 125r-131v
Title: Tuḥfat al-vuzarā
Title: تحفة الوزراء
A compendium of ethics, medicine, etc
Copied in 1267
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 204 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 25.4 × 14 cm.
Dimensions (written):
History
Origin: 17th-19th century CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.
Availability
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Subjects
- Medicine, Arab--History
- Medicine, Persian
- Science--Islamic Empire--History
- Pharmacopeias
- Horsemanship--Early works to 1800
- Ethics—Iran
- Ethics--Early works to 1800
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