Author
Abu Nasser ‘Adnan ibn Nasser al-‘Aynzarbī
Publication Date
28 Ramaḍān 1087 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 5931, ff 2r-172v
Record ID
vdc_100052721716.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
28 Ramaḍān 1087 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Treatise on medicine by Abū Naṣr ‘Adnān ibn Naṣr al-‘Aynzarbī (Abu Nasr Adnan ibn Nasr al-Aynzarbi, d. 1153), personal physician to the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāfir bi-amr Allāh (Al-Zafir bi-Amr Allah, reg. 1149-54). The treatise is divided into 195 chapters (chapter) describing diseases arranged from head to food.
On the title page (f. 2r), it is erroneously claimed that the text is by the philosopher Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Tarkhān al-Fārābī (Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhān al-Fārābi; ca 870-950). In the incipit (f. 2v, line 2, see beginning transcribed below), the author's name is correctly written except that he is given the
nisbah
al-Fārābī (Al-Farabi), rather than the correct al-‘Aynzarbī (Al-Aynzarbi).
Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-4):
Abu Nasr Adnan bin Nasr Al-Farabi Al-Muttabb said what happened
Medicine is divided into two parts, one of which is science only and the other is science
He taught the work and the goal was to preserve health, whether it was present or to restore it with something missing
Ends (f. 172v, lines 2-5):
It is not possible to treat the third type. Rather, it must be watered with water for meat and poultry and strengthened
Their souls are filled with medicinal scents and they inhale grilled chickens, even if their strength is lacking
It contains strong musk, so add crushed cakes or pulp to them in the broth or water of chickens
Bread, know, good luck
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 453, p. 223
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 153, pp. 129-131
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Study:
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medizin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), p. 161