Author
Abū Ja‘far Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Ash‘ath
Publication Date
Dhū al-Qa‘dah 348 (AH, Hijri)
Publication Place
Mosul -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
260 x 160 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 2600
Record ID
vdc_100022561723.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Dhū al-Qa‘dah 348 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
A treatise on dietetics and the nourishment of the parts of the body by Abū Ja‘far Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Ash‘ath (Abu Ja‘far Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Ash‘ath; d. 360/970). The text is in two parts (articles), divided into chapters (general), and further subdivided into sections (chapters). This copy is missing Part One entirely and begins near the end of Chapter 2, Section 6. This copy was made at Mosul in Dhū al-Qa‘dah 348 (January-February 960). (April-May 959).
At the foot of folio 17v is a summary of the
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
in Hebrew written in pencil presumably by M.W. Shapira, the manuscript's previous owner.
Contents:
Chapter 2 (pp. 1r-4v);
Chapter 3: Nourishment of the Natural Soul and its Organs (the third sentence in the Nourishment of the Natural Soul and its Organs [!]; five sections, f. 5r-6v);
Chapter 4: Nourishment of the Organs of Innate Power (fourth chapter in Nourishment of the Organs of Innate Power; three sections, ff. 6v-12r);
Chapter 5: Nourishment of the Body Parts that Have Powers through themselves and Powers which Vivify (?) through them (The fifth sentence in the nourishment of the parts which gives it strength from itself and strength from it; two sections, ff. 12r-13v);
Chapter 6: Nourishment of the Body Parts Through which there is no Responsibility (?) and which are not under Responsibility (?) (The sixteenth sentence in the nourishment of the members listed as responsible for Abraham and not under Responsibility; ten sections, ff. 13v-17v).
Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-3):
... by the animal soul and the air
There is no comfort in this composition
محمودًا ...
Ends (f. 17v, lines 1-3):
There is no more [...] for its members and shares
I offer to mention her threats and try to cut my words
In this article, one of them will be found, God willing
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 17v, lines 4-13):
The article has expired
The second from the book Al-Ghazi and Al-Mughtazi
And it mentions food and food industry
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ma'roof
Father Abi al-Ash'ath and praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds (!)
وعمل دستور This article is actually
Electricity from Armenia at zero in Sanaa
ثمان وأربعين وثلثمائة
He moved to Mosul in Dhu al-Qaeda
من هذه السنة
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from M. W. Shapira, 8 July 1882
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Sezgin, Fuat,
Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums
, vol. 3 (Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp 301-2
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medzin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp. 138 and 200
