Publication Date
711-712 (AH, AH)
Publication Place
Aleppo -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
174 x 124 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Arundel Or 10, ff 55v-82r
Record ID
vdc_100023901480.0x000004
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
711-712 (AH, AH)
Notes
An anonymous list of definitions of fifty philosophical terms useful for physicians. The text is defective at the end, and contains only forty-eight definitions. The author states that he has bridged his definitions from the practical section (
al-juz’ al-‘ilmī
) of a work called
Tadhkarat al-ḥāḍir wa-zād al-musāfir
, which may be a variant title for Ibn al-Jazzār’s (d. 980) well-known medical handbook
Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-ḥāḍir
(see f. 55v, lines 4-5, transcribed below; and Ullmann,
Medicin in Islam
, 1970, pp. 147-48).
Begins (f. 55v, lines 2-7):
Praise be to God for the frequency of the verse, and I thank Him for the purity of His blessings
He realized his greatness and a grimace befitting his pride. As for what follows, I...
It has been summarized from the book entitled “Remembrance of the Present” and more
Traveler In the origins of the medical industry I mean the scientific part
It is a small book with a large appearance and I nicknamed it the kindergarten
Medical...
Ends (ff. 81v, line 13-82r, line 1):
...But if it changes its strength, it will not be done
It has this, but rather it differs instead of what is analyzed or not
This is just as he presents to the sheikhs and those who will be in charge of them
[f. 82r] Weakness of the organs due to bad mood
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 82r, line 2):
It was completed with praise and help to God Almighty, and prayers be upon our Master Muhammad and his family
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Köken
See note on f. 28r of one Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Khalīl (?) ibn al-Ḥaṣūn (?) who inspected and copied the texts on ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r on 17 Jumādá II 829/26 April 1426.
Front paper i
verso
The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'.
contains an anonymous bookplate with motto ‘NULLIUS IN VERBA’.
Folio 4r contains stamp inscribed ‘Soc. Reg. Lond. ex dono Henr. Howard Norfolciensis’.