Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

ms. 90913 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-Wuṣlah ilá al-ḥabīb fī waṣf al-ṭayyibāt wa-al-ṭīb by Ibn al-ʻAdīm, Kamāl al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad, 1192-1262

Treatise on the preparation and use of perfumes etc. for medical and cosmetic purposes. Transcribed from and copy preserved in the Dat al-Kutub al-Zahiriyah and collated with a copy in the Madrasah al-Ahmadiyah in Alleppo by Rice, D. S.

Incipit: الحمد لله الواحد الخلاق المتكفل بالارزاق المستحق للمحامد على الاطلاق ... وبعد فانه لما كان معظم اللذات الدنيوية والاخروية في تناول شهي الماكل والمشارب وكان تطييب الثياب والبدن مما يقرب الى الاحباب الحبائب فلهذا جمعت هذا الكتاب وسميته الوصلة الى الحبيب ... في وصف الطيبات والطيب ولم اضع فيه شيئا الا بعد ان ... ركبته مرارا وتناولته مدرارا
Colophon: نقله عن النسخة الموجودة في دار الكتب الظاهرية...محمد کامل بن محمد السمسمیة
Language(s): Arabic

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 164 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 35 × 22.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 30 × 14 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Clear naskhi hand

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