Author
Ibn Abī al-Khayr, Abū Naṣr Saʻīd al-Masīḥī, d. 1193 Ibn Abi Khair Abu Nasr helped the Christian
Author Original
ابن أبي خير أبو نصر ساعد المسيحي
Subject
Medicine, Arab
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
02+140+003 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 237 × 130 mm. Dimensions (written): 197 × 85 mm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
MS Arabic 420
Record ID
16063
Library Location
Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust
Notes
1 copy of al-Ṣafwah by Ibn Abī al-Khayr, Abū Naṣr Saʻīd al-Masīḥī
Sample Text
Fol. 02b.1 The book of the elite and the rising Christian. Praise be to God for the verse and blessings be upon His messengers and prophets. The best thing a person can occupy himself with is knowledge that improves his worldly life and the hereafter, and this knowledge is medicine, because with it, a person’s health is preserved.
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