Author
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh
Publication Date
10 Muḥarram 664 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
233 x 158 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 6537
Record ID
vdc_100048494213.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
10 Muḥarram 664 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Treatises (Arts) Fourteen to Twenty-two of Book Three (Book Three) of the
Canon of Medicine
(Law in Medicine) by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (Abu Ali Al-Hussein bin Abdullah), known as Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna, latinised as Avicenna, 980-1037). Treatise Eighteen has been erroneously numbered as seventeen, which means that all subsequent treatises are likewise misnumbered.
Folio 211, which comes after the
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, appears to contain text from the same book, but has been bound out of order.
The copy was completed on 10 Muḥarram 664/22 October 1265 by Muḥammad ibn Yūnis ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭirāzī (Muhammad ibn Yunus ibn Yusuf al-Tarazi), who created the copy for his own use (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 210v, lines 10-12, transcribed below).
Contents:
Treatise Fourteen (Art. Fourteen, ff 1r-41r);
Treatise Fifteen (Art. XV, ff 41r-56r);
Treatise Sixteen (Art. Sixteen, ff 56v-103v);
Treatise Seventeen (Art. XVII, ff 103v-110r);
Treatise Seventeen [Eighteen] (Art. XVII, ff 110r-124r);
Treatise Eighteen [Nineteen] (Art. Eighteen, ff 124r-141v);
Treatise Nineteen [Twenty] (Art. XIX, ff. 141v-159r);
Treatise Twenty [Twenty-one] (Art. Twenty, ff 159r-194v);
Treatise Twenty-one [Twenty-two] (Art. Twenty-one, ff. 194v-210v).
Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-5):
Art XIV
Four articles on the liver, its conditions and treatments
First article
Of this art in colleges of liver conditions
Liver anatomy
Ends (f. 210v, lines 3-6):
Swelling and itching of the nails
It is treated with sea water as a permanent wash, or with the cooking of lentils and carcasses, or with the cooking of hermaphrodites and those who persecute them.
Balbus, pitch and tar cooked in groups and individually
And to the Giver of reason there is endless praise
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 210v, lines 7-17):
The third book of the law books was completed
It is followed by the fourth book on diseases
Which, if it occurred, did not concern a member
On the tenth of Muharram in the year four
Sixty-six hundred at the hands of its owner
Muhammad bin Yunus bin Yusuf Al-Tarazi, who is
He praises God Almighty for his blessings and gives thanks to him
He is satisfied with the end and investigation
In the sciences as well as jurisprudence Al-Enhad
To get it
He is the best one can hope for and the most generous one is responsible and prayed for
May God bless the Prophet of Mercy, Muhammad, and his good family
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. 43
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 112, pp. 104
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Messrs Hannan, Watson & Co., 16 June 1903
Köken
al-Sayyid Kāẓim ibn al-Sayyid Aḥsīn ibn al-Sayyid Sulaymān al-Ḥakīm (السيد كاظم بن السيد أحسين بن السيد سليمان الحكيم): his inscription and seal, without date (f. 212r)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition:
Ibn Sīnā, Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb, ed. by Idwār al-Qashsh, 2nd edition, 4 vols (Bayrūt: Muʾassasat ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1993)
