Author
the author to refer to the authorities quoted. The table is headed by a person whose name is replaced by its first letter
Publication Date
Friday II 610 (AH)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
320 x 240 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 1347
Record ID
vdc_100000000094.0x000092
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Friday II 610 (AH)
Notes
An elaborate presentation copy of Īwānīs al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbdūn ibn Saʻdūn’s (Iwanis al-Mukhtar ibn al-Hasan ibn Abdun ibn Sa’dun, known as Ibn Buṭlān [Ibn Batlan], d. ca 1068) book on dietary medicine produced for Saladin’s (Saladin al-Ayyubi; d. 1193) son, al-Malik al-Ẓāhir (Al-Malik al-Zahir; d. 1216), King of Aleppo. The title page (f. 1r, lines 3-8) bears the title and author in the upper frame and, in the lower frame, the dedication of this copy:
He served in the treasury of Maulana Sultan Al-Sayyid for a long time
The apparent king, the scholar, the just and the warrior
Al-Murabit Al-Mathaghir is the riches of the world, and religion is king
Islam and Muslims are the master of kings and sultans, my father
Al-Muzaffar Ghazi bin Yusuf bin Ayoub Nasser Amir
Believers may God grant them eternal glory and eternal power
Begins (f. 1v, lines 1-7):
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Evaluating health with the six reasons that every human being must improve their health
His health comes from improving it, the first of which is repairing the air reaching his heart and the second
Estimating his food and drink and the third is adjusting his movements and rest
The fourth is preventing himself from drowning in his sleep and wakefulness, and the fifth is appreciation
Vomiting and congestion of his feces, and the sixth took himself with the intention of
His relief, his anger, his fear, and his grief
The text ends (f. 44r, lines 2-6) with a table listing abbreviations used by the author to refer to the authorities quoted. The table is headed by the person whose name is replaced by its first letter (“Mention of [the authorities] referred to by their initials”). The table contains 15 names, right to left, top to bottom:
Hippocrates B, Galen C, Rufus Rowe
Dioscorides D, Vols VW, Oribacius R
Bayazhouq Biya, Yuhanna Nu, Issa bin Masawiyah AH
Shirk Al-Hindi SH, Al-Razi R, Masih M
Hanin H, Ishaq S, Massarjoyeh MA
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f., 44r, lines 7-12):
Then, Evaluation of Health, written by Sheikh Abi Al-Hasan Al-Mukhtar bin Batlan
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may His prayers be upon our Master Muhammad, his family and companions
He said hello a lot
The poor servant has finished copying and transcribing it to the mercy of his Almighty Lord
On the first ten days of Jumada
The other is in the year six hundred and ten of the Prophet’s migration
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Rieu, Charles,
Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts
(London: The British Museum 1894), item 793
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Sir Charles Augustus Murray, 1875
ilgili birincil kaynaklar
Other copies in the British Library: Or 2793, Or 5590, Add 3676
