Author
the extremely influential Graeco-Roman physician Galen
Publication Date
580 (AH, Hijri)
Publication Place
Damascus -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
239 x 162 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 6670
Record ID
vdc_100000005112.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
580 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
A copy of three medical treatises by the extremely influential Graeco-Roman physician Galen (Claudius Galenus of Pergamon, 129-c 200). The Greek texts were translated by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī, and the texts preserved here are probably his Arabic versions (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
of Item 2, f. 142v, line 8).
The manuscript was completed in Damascus on 9 Rabī‘ I 580 (20 June 1184) by Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Munīr al-Kīlānī (?), who made the copy for his own use (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
to Item 3, f. 191v, lines 9-12).
Folio 1r contains a table of contents in Arabic; f. 1v contains two lines of pious poetry and a short piece of text linking illnesses with the letters of the alphabet; f. 2r contains six owners’ inscriptions (two deleted), a deleted seal and a prescription for a bandage for headache; f. 143r is blank.
Contents:
(1)
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī al-Buḥrān
(كتاب جالينوس في البحران;
De crisibus libri III
; ff. 2v-82r);
(2)
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī ayyām al-Buḥrān
(كتاب جالينوس في أيام البحران;
De diebus decretoriis libri III
; ff. 82v-142v);
(3)
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī aṣnāf al-ḥummayyāt
(كتاب جالينوس في أصناف الحميّات;
De differentiis febrium libri II
; ff. 143v-191v).
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Kitāb Jālīnūs fī al-Buḥrānكتاب جالينوس في البحران Galen (Jālīnūs) جالينوس
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Ref: Or 6670, ff 2v-82r
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī ayyām al-Buḥrānكتاب جالينوس في أيام البحران Galen (Jālīnūs) جالينوس
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Ref: Or 6670, ff 82v-142v
Kitāb Jālīnūs fī aṣnāf al-ḥummayyāt كتاب جالينوس في أصناف الحميّات Galen (Jālīnūs) جالينوس
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Ref: Or 6670, ff 143v-191v
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F. 2r contains six owners' inscriptions (two deleted) and one deleted seal. From top down and from right to left, the legible elements are:
مسلم الشامي الصفوري (؟) (Muslim al-Shāmī al-Ṣufūrī [?]), his inscription, no date;
في شهر ذي القعدة سنة 1058 ('In the month of Dhū al-Qa‘dah, in the year 1058' = November-December 1648), no name;
Pious inscription, no name, no date;
السيد مصطفى مسعود ... الطبيب (al-Sayyid Muṣṭafá Mas‘ūd ... the physician), his inscription, no date.
