MS. Bruce 50 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Bruce Collection
Contents
8 works by 5 authors on the subject of Medicine
1. ff. 3r-19v
Title: Maqālāt Jālīnūs al-ḥakīm
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Medicine
[K 393 (9)]
2. ff. 20r-22r
Title: Firdaws al-ḥikmah
One chapter only, bāb fī tadbīr al-ṣiḥḥah
Language(s): Arabic
References
GAL I 231
[K393 (10)]
4. ff. 28r-34v
With recipes for other beverages; ascribed to one Ibn Bayān and others and (at end) wholly to Galen
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Medicine
[K 393 (12)]
5. ff. 35r-50v
Title: Kitāb Maʻājīn
Here ascribed to Avicenna, 980-1037
f. 40 is blank
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Medicine
MS. Bruce 45 (ff. 27r-39r) [K 393 (13)]
6. ff. 51r-72v
Title: Kitāb al-maʻājīn
Beginning with remedies for the head
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Medicine
[K 393 (14)]
7. ff. 73r-82v
Title: Medical prescriptions
Ascribed to one Hermes ibn al-Bayṭār, beginning with remedies for epilepsy
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Medicine
[K 393 (15)]
8. ff. 83r-107r
Title: Kitāb al-maʻājīn
Another*; ascribed to Avicenna, 980-1037 , Galen and Aristotle
*cf. ff. 51r-72v
Language(s): Arabic
References
Appendix Medicine
[K 393 (16)]
Physical Description
Form: codex
17 ff. 3 ff. 7 ff. 7 ff. 16; 13 ff. 22 ff. 10 ff. 25 ff.
History
Origin: 1769 CE 1769 CE 1769 CE 1769 CE 1769 CE 1769 CE 1769 CE 1769 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of James Bruce of Kinnaird, d. 1794.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.
Record Sources
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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Digital Images
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Funding of Cataloguing
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