Author
‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm al-Qurashī
Publication Date
26 Ramaḍān 724 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
210 x 115 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 6419
Record ID
vdc_100054614610.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
26 Ramaḍān 724 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Commentary by ‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm al-Qurashī (Alā al-Din Ali bin Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi), known as Ibn al-Nafīs (Ibn al-Nafīs, d. 1288) on the
Aphorisms
(Book of Chapters) of Hippocrates (Hippocrates, d. ca 370 BC).
The copy is defective at the beginning, and was completed on 26 Ramaḍān 724/16 September 1324 by Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ‘Amr (Ahmad Ibn Abd al-Rahman Ibn Amr, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 98, lines 16-18, transcribed below).
The commentary is followed by notes on various topics (ff. 99r-101v).
Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-4, defective at beginning):
As for the other, it was said that what is meant is that life is short in relation to industry and industry
It is long in itself, and it is apparent from what Galen said, and what we have mentioned is more useful and intended
In terms of time, the amount of time a person can devote to work in industry
Because of his excessive shortness of time...
Ends (f. 98, lines 11-15):
...So those who do that will be strong, that is
They suffer from fatigue, which is expressed as weakness, and they do not need diarrhea
Because what they need to get out of the bad moisture is in the stomach
And its aspects. When this is the case, vomiting must be done by vomiting, which is what is intended
By vomiting from above...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 98, lines 15-18):
...the chapters are explained
At the hands of Ahmed Ibn Abd al-Rahman Ibn Amr, in the sixth
The twentieth of the blessed Ramadan of the year twenty-four
Seven hundred Hijri years, and praise be to God alone
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. 42
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 5, p. 4
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Edouard Yervant Hindamian (1871 [or 1877]-1958), 15 July 1902
Köken
Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ‘Amr (أحمد ابن عبد الرحمن ابن عمرو, fl. 1324), scribe of this manuscript: his ownership inscription (see below and to left-hand side of
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 98)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition of text commented upon:
Hippocrates,
الفصول الابقراطية
The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, Translated into Arabic by Honain ben Ishak, Physician to the Caliph Motawakkul
, ed. by John Tytler (Calcutta: The Education press, 1832)
Studies:
Karimullah, Kamran, 'Transformation of Galen’s Textual Legacy from Classical to Post-Classical Islamic Medicine: Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms',
Intellectual History of the Islamicate World
5.3 (2017) 311-58
Pormann, Peter and Kamran Karimullah, 'The Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms: Introduction',
Oriens: Journal of the International Society for Oriental Research
45.1-2 (2017), 1-52
Rosenthal, Franz, '"Life Is Short, the Art Is Long": Arabic Commentaries on the First Hippocratic Aphorism',
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
40 (1966), p. 226-45
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medizin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp. 172-3
