MS. Arab. f. 49 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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6 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Tales, Medicine, and Islamic magic

1. f. 2
Author: Anonymous
Title: Extraneous leaf containing part of the story of al-Miqdād and al-Mayyāsah

cf. Ahlwardt 8993

Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Tales
[K 324 (1)]
2. ff. 3r-6r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Instructions on washing the body with water mixed with the powder of certain plants, followed (ff. 4r-5r) by a treatise on stones, followed (f. 5v) by instructions for writing an amulet, followed (f. 6r) by a magic square
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Magic
[K 324 (2)]
3. ff. 6v-74v
Author: Avicenna, 980-1037
Title: Several urjūzahs on medicine, beginning with the Manẓūmah fī al-ṭibb

Folios in disorder

Language(s): Arabic

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GAL I 457
[K 324 (3)]
4. ff. 76, 78r,v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Fragment of an urjūzah on medicine rhyming in ah/ā

f. 75 extraneous leaf added by binder

Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Medicine
[k 324 (4)]
5. ff. 78v-81r
Author: Anonymous
Title: Short treatise on the medicinal value of certain plants
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Medicine
[K 324 (5)]
6. ff. 81v-83v
Author: Anonymous
Title: Various magical medicinal recipes
Language(s): Arabic

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Appendix Medicine
[K 324 (6)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
1f. 4 ff. 69 ff. 2 ff. 4 ff. 3 ff.

History

Origin: n.d. 18th cent. CE 18th cent. CE 18th cent. CE 1764 CE 18th cent. CE

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Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

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