Author
Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Qāsim al-Mutaṭabib al-Kīlānī
Publication Date
15th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
245 x 160 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5939
Record ID
vdc_100048364421.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
15th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Commentary by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Qāsim al-Mutaṭabib al-Kīlānī (Aḥmad ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim al-Muḥammad al-Kilani, fl. ca 1345, see f. 1v, line 14) on the
Aphorisms
(Book of Chapters) of Hippocrates (Hippocrates, d. ca 370 BC).
The text is dedicated to the Qipchaq Maḥmūd Jalāl al-Dīn Jānī Beg Khān (Maḥmūd Jalāl al-Dīn Jānī Beg Khān (Maḥmūd Jalāl al-Dīn, line 1).
The manuscript is defective at beginning and end, finishing abruptly during the commentary on Book One, Aphorism 5 (cf. ed. Tytler, 1832, p. 3).
Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-2, defective at beginning):
Mahmoud Sultan Jalal of the world and religion Jani Bey Khan
May God make him happy in both worlds, support him, and immortalize the majesty of his kingdoms
Ends (f. 225v, lines 11-14, defective at end):
...because the gentle measure is understanding
What decomposes them does not leave behind what it should and highlights the materials that are immersed in moisture
Food appears in the body because (?) the body and fire are dissolved in it and the moisture it needs is dissolved
There is no crime in which a mistake in the gentle management of the healthy and the sick is more harmful and greater
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards,
A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894
(London: British Museum, 1912), p. 42
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 7, p. 5
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Ibrahim Elias Gejou, 30 March 1901
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition of text commented upon:
Hippocrates, الفصول الابقراطية The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, Translated into Arabic by Honain ben Ishak, Physician to the Caliph Motawakkul, ed. by John Tytler (Calcutta: The Education press, 1832)
Studies:
Karimullah, Kamran, 'Transformation of Galen’s Textual Legacy from Classical to Post-Classical Islamic Medicine: Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms', Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 5.3 (2017) 311-358
Pormann, Peter and Kamran Karimullah, 'The Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms: Introduction', Oriens: Journal of the International Society for Oriental Research 45.1-2 (2017), 1-52
Rosenthal, Franz, '"Life Is Short, the Art Is Long": Arabic Commentaries on the First Hippocratic Aphorism', Bulletin of the History of Medicine 40, 1966, p. 226-45
Sezgin, Fuat, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums, vol. 3 (Leiden: Brill, 1970). p. 31
