Author
Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir al-Marwazī
Publication Date
13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
180 x 155 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 21102
Record ID
vdc_100027134517.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Treatise on zoology in five chapters (articles) by Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir al-Marwazī (Sharaf al-Zamān Tahir al-Marwazi; fl. 1056-1125). Collation with the two other known copies of this text (British Library, Delhi Arabic 1949 and UCLA, MS Ar. 52) shows that this copy contains a portion of chapter one (ends f. 13r), the whole of chapters two through four and a portion of chapter 5 (see Stern, 'Some Fragments of Galen's
On Dispositions
[Περὶ ἠθῶν] in Arabic',
Classical Quarterly
, new series 6, (1956) pp. 268-69 and note 18).
Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-2 [defective at beginning]):
From Him, it moves in various directions, and that principle becomes the other (?) of the semen which, if it is controlled, becomes ripe.
If it was a heart, then the first vessel to be formed must be the vessel of the soul, and it must be intangible at the beginning of the cycle
Ends (f. 209r, lines 14-17 [defective at end]):
... It is a shell cover similar to verveer shells called
Abu Khais is a good-smelling animal because his animal raises the cold and is the best in being alone in the heat of the pen (?...)
In the country of India, there may be found in the still waters of the barley, which is brought from the sea and its color is similar
(...) The white is creamy and has many whites (?), and its color is black and it is smaller, and both are good
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Cureton, William and Charles Rieu,
Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens
(London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 946, pp. 460-61
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased at Sotheby's, 5 July 1855, lot 247
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies and partial editions:
Iskandar, Albert Z., 'A Doctor's Book on Zoology: al-Marwazī's Ṭabā’i‘ al-ḥayawān (Nature of Animals) Re-assessed',
Oriens
27/28 (1981) pp. 266–312
Marwazī, Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir,
Sharaf Al-Zamān Tạ̄hir Marvazī on China, the Turks and India
, edited and translated by Vladimir Minorsky (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1942; reprinted as vol. 8 in the series
The Muslim world, 1100-1700: Early Sources on Middle East History, Geography and Travel
, edited by Hiroyuki Mashita [London: Routledge, 2007])
Stern, S.M., 'Some Fragments of Galen's
On Dispositions
(Περὶ ἠθῶν) in Arabic',
Classsical Quarterly
, new series 6, (1956) pp. 91-101, on pp. 93-96 and 98-101
