Author
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī
Publication Date
c 0711 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
215 x 150 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Arundel Or 14, ff 1r-274v
Record ID
vdc_100065290163.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
c 0711 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Parts Eight and Nine (Part Eight and Part Nine) of the
Kitāb al-Ḥāwī
(Book of Al-Hawi,
Libre continues
), an encyclopaedic medical compendium by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī (Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakaria al-Rāzī; d. ca 925).
The title page (f. 3r) gives the following title:
The eighth part of Al-Hawi’s book
In medicine
And in it
Part nine and part ten
The division between parts eight and nine is not apparent in the text.
The production date of this codicological unit can be given a terminus post quem of 711/1311-12, the earliest date found among the ownership inscriptions on f. 3r.
Beginnings (f. 3v, lines 2-6):
Of palliative measure
He said that the palliative measure is permissible for the liver. He said that it should not be used for any ailments
The liver and spleen should be mixed with barley kashk water and honey for me
Less sugar here reduces (?) liver problems and urination
Whenever you see it retained at all, know that the tumor in the liver is very large
Ends (f. 274v, lines 20-21):
So he carries him with a collector and she carries him for him, for it is strange, even if his secret is a boy
She gave birth to a boy, and if she was a slave girl, then she is a slave girl.
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 446, pp. 221
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 63, pp. 55
Köken
al-Dimashqī (الدمشقي), rest of name unclear: his inscription, with date Friday 28 Ṣafar 884/21 May 1479 (f. 1v);
Ismā‘īl (إسمعيل), rest of name erased: his inscription, with date 727/1326-27, rest of date erased (f. 3r);
Inscription, mostly erased, with date 711/1311-12 (f. 3r);
Inscription, with date 4 Rabī‘ I 884/26 May 1479 (f. 3r);
Further owners' inscriptions erased and illegible (f. 3r);
The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 3r);
‘Abd al-Wāḥid al-Yahūdī (عبد الواحد اليهودي): his inscription, without date (f. 3v).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition:
Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā,
Kitāb al-Ḥāwī fī al-ṭibb
, ed. by ‘Abd al-Wahhāb al-Bukhārī et al., 23 volumes in 25 (Ḥaydar Ābād al-Dakan: Maṭbaʻat Majlis Dāʾirat al-Maʻārif al-ʻUthmānīyah, 1958-81)
Latin translation:
Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā,
Liber Helchauy. idest continens artem medicine & dicta predecesso[rum] in hac facultate conmendato[rum]
, ed. by Hieronymus Salius Fauentinus (Impressum Venetijs: Mandato & sumptibus Heredum Octauiani Scoti Modoetiensis per Bonetum Locatellum Bergomensem presbyterum, 1506)
Studies:
Iskandar, A.Z.,
A Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library
(London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1967), pp. 1-26
Sezgin, Fuat,
Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums
, vol. 3 (Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp. 278-80
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medizin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp. 130-31
