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The book of interpretation for those who are unable to write in medicine
(كتاب التصريف لمن عجز عن التأليف في الطب)

Title	The book of interpretation for those who are unable to write in medicine
Title Original	كتاب التصريف لمن عجز عن التأليف في الطب
Publication Date:	Late eleventh century AH / late seventeenth century AD
Publication Place	Most likely Morocco - Austrian National Library
Subject	Red, purple and black ink on paper. Moroccan script, consisting of 20 lines per page.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	300 × 210 مم (220 × 145 مم)، 116 ورقة مخطوطة
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	N.F. 476a
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus24;32;ar
Library Location	Austrian National Library
Date	Late eleventh century AH / late seventeenth century AD
Notes	Abu Al-Qasim Khalaf Ibn Al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi Al-Ansari, better known as Al-Zahrawi, became famous thanks to the discoveries he made in the field of surgery. This manuscript represents the final volume of his thirty-volume medical encyclopedia, which dealt with medicine and the human body, and was compiled by Al-Zahrawi over a period of fifty years. In this volume, the Arab-Andalusian surgeon provides a detailed explanation of surgical techniques and appropriate instruments for performing various medical interventions, many of which he invented himself. This manuscript contains about 158 drawings of surgical instruments, and it appears that their purpose was primarily illustrative. This can be inferred from the way these drawings were executed, which indicates that their inclusion was more practical than artistic. However, despite this apparent lack of care in technical drawing, this manuscript is of inestimable value due to the profound impact that its text has had on the history of medicine in general. Al-Zahrawi was a pioneer in his field, and paved the way for modern surgery.
Sample Text	Leonie Fernsebner “Kitab al-Tasrif for those who are unable to compose on medicine” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus24;32;ar
Cilt	Both front and back cover of this brown, Moroccan leather binding are decorated with an intricately cut out oval medallion that is embossed with floral ornaments. Further to this is a flap that also has an embossed medallion with floral ornaments on it, albeit a bit smaller and rounder than the ones on the covers.
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Leonie FERNSEBNER
Seçili bibliyografya	Al Samman, Tarif, "Medizin" in O. Mazal (ed),Kultur des Islam: Orientalische Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Vienna: Österrichische Nationalbibliothek, 1980: 152-153.Duda, Dorothea,Islamische Handschriften II/1. Die Handschriften in arabischer Sprache, Die illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, vol. 5/1, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1992: 139-141.

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The book of interpretation for those who are unable to write in medicine

(كتاب التصريف لمن عجز عن التأليف في الطب)

Publication Date Late eleventh century AH / late seventeenth century AD

Publication Place Most likely Morocco - Austrian National Library

Subject Red, purple and black ink on paper. Moroccan script, consisting of 20 lines per page.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 300 × 210 مم (220 × 145 مم)، 116 ورقة مخطوطة

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID N.F. 476a

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus24;32;ar

Library Location Austrian National Library

Date Late eleventh century AH / late seventeenth century AD

Notes Abu Al-Qasim Khalaf Ibn Al-Abbas Al-Zahrawi Al-Ansari, better known as Al-Zahrawi, became famous thanks to the discoveries he made in the field of surgery. This manuscript represents the final volume of his thirty-volume medical encyclopedia, which dealt with medicine and the human body, and was compiled by Al-Zahrawi over a period of fifty years. In this volume, the Arab-Andalusian surgeon provides a detailed explanation of surgical techniques and appropriate instruments for performing various medical interventions, many of which he invented himself. This manuscript contains about 158 drawings of surgical instruments, and it appears that their purpose was primarily illustrative. This can be inferred from the way these drawings were executed, which indicates that their inclusion was more practical than artistic. However, despite this apparent lack of care in technical drawing, this manuscript is of inestimable value due to the profound impact that its text has had on the history of medicine in general. Al-Zahrawi was a pioneer in his field, and paved the way for modern surgery.

Sample Text Leonie Fernsebner “Kitab al-Tasrif for those who are unable to compose on medicine” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus24;32;ar

Cilt Both front and back cover of this brown, Moroccan leather binding are decorated with an intricately cut out oval medallion that is embossed with floral ornaments. Further to this is a flap that also has an embossed medallion with floral ornaments on it, albeit a bit smaller and rounder than the ones on the covers.

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Leonie FERNSEBNER

Seçili bibliyografya Al Samman, Tarif, "Medizin" in O. Mazal (ed),Kultur des Islam: Orientalische Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Vienna: Österrichische Nationalbibliothek, 1980: 152-153.Duda, Dorothea,Islamische Handschriften II/1. Die Handschriften in arabischer Sprache, Die illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, vol. 5/1, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1992: 139-141.