Author
‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm al-Qurashī
Publication Date
6 Rabī‘a I 786 (AH, Hijri)
Publication Place
Madrasah al-Janzīyah (? Janzīyah), Sīwās (Sīwās; mod. Sivas, Turkey) -
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
178 x 135 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5659
Record ID
vdc_100023367537.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
6 Rabī‘a I 786 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Epitome by ‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm al-Qurashī, known as Ibn al-Nafīs (Aladdin Ali bin Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi, known as Ibn al-Nafīs; 1210 or 1211-1288) of Avicenna’s (Ibn Sīnā, Ibn Sina; d. 1037)
Canon of Medicine
(Law in Medicine). This epitome is often known simply as the
Mūjiz al-Qānūn
(law summary)
The copy was completed by an anonymous scribe at the Madrasah al-Janzīyah (? Janzīyah), Sīwās (Sīwas), on 6 Rabī‘a I 786/28 April 1384 (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 179, lines 2-5, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4):
The poor servant said to God Almighty, Ali bin Al-Hazm Al-Qurashi, may God forgive him
I have studied four arts. The first art is in the rules of the two parts of medicine, I mean science
And the process of saying holistically the second art in medicines and single and compound foods
Ends (f. 178v, lines 12-14):
A group testified to this, and a dog rotted away forty men, some of whom ate some of the food
His liver, and the rest will be spared from eating it. Whoever eats it will not die, and whoever ate it without eating it will die
Their treatment was the same, and they used Galen's medicine and other treatments mentioned
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 179r, lines 1-9):
The book was completed with the help of King Wahhab by Al-Muqtafar
The skinny Abid bin Zahid, may God forgive him, in the city of Siwas
May God Almighty grant her life in the Geniza School (?) at a certain time
Noon on the sixth of the blessed month of Rabi` al-Awwal
In the year seven hundred and eighty-six
Hijri Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace
And upon all his family and companions, free him
For the sake of the dearest boy, the religious scholar provided for him
May God grant you knowledge and action, Amen
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. 44
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 230, pp. 194-95
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from J.J. Naaman, 17 October 1899
Köken
Aḥmad ibn al-marḥūm Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ (أحمد بن المرحوم محمد صالح), his inscription, undated and cancelled (f. 1r);
‘Isá ibn al-marḥūm Yūsuf (?) ([عيسى بن المرحوم يوسف [؟) his inscription, undated (f. 1r);
Seal, illegible (f. 1r);
Seal, erased (f. 1v);
‘Uthmān ibn ‘Alī, his inscription and seal dated 1074 AH/AD 1663-4 (f. 179r).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Editions:
Ibn al-Nafīs, ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm,
al-Mūjiz fī al-ṭibb
(al-Qāhirah: Wizārat al-Awqāf, 1986)
Ibn al-Nafīs, ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm,
Kitāb mūji
z al-qānūn
(Calcutta: The Education Press, 1828)
Study:
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medizin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), p. 173
