Fragment of an anonymous text on domestic economy Anonymous

Title	Fragment of an anonymous text on domestic economy Anonymous
Publication Date:	711-712 (AH, Hijri qamari)
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 10r-27v
Record ID	vdc_100023901480.0x000002
Library Location	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date	711-712 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes	This text on domestic economy and commerce is defective at both the beginning and the end, and begins abruptly with a discussion of the positive and negative aspects of money (or property more generally, Ar. مال) and royal patronage. It continues with five sections, the first three of which are theoretical discussions of property, while the last two contain descriptions of minerals and perfumes respectively. The author must have lived some centuries after the mid-ninth century AD because he refers to al-Kindī (AD 801-873) as one of the ancients (الكندي وغير المتقدمين; f. 19v, line 4). The section headings are preserved in this fragment give an indication of the topics dealt with: فصل في موضع الحاجة إلى المال الصامت (‘Section on the establishment of the need for dumb property’, f. 10r); فصل فيما يمتحن به المال الصامت فيعرف جيده من رديءه (‘Section on how dumb property can be tested and the good distinguished from the bad’, f. 13v); فصل في الأعراض (‘Section on goods’, f. 15v); فصل في جيد الأعراض ورديءها (‘Section on good and bad goods’, f. 19v); فصل في الطيب (‘Section on perfume’, f. 25r). Begins (defective; f. 10r, lines 1-5): أصل وإن توهم ذلك مجتمعًا من جوائز الملوك ومعاونة السلطان أنبأ عن جلالة قدر ونباهة ذكر وإصالة رأي وإن توهم باتفاق ومصادفة من غير قصد إليه أنبأ عن سعادة جد ويمن طائر ولو لم يكون في الغني إلا أنه من صفات الله غز وجل ... Ends (defective; f. 27v, lines 9-11): ... الفلفل أجوده النطيف (!) من الدق والتراب والحصي السالم من العفونة والاحتراق والعفونة (!) التي طال عليه الزمان وعلامة العفن والمحترق أن يحبك النسيج الذي على الحبّة
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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’.

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Fragment of an anonymous text on domestic economy Anonymous

Publication Date 711-712 (AH, Hijri qamari)

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 10r-27v

Record ID vdc_100023901480.0x000002

Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Date 711-712 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Notes This text on domestic economy and commerce is defective at both the beginning and the end, and begins abruptly with a discussion of the positive and negative aspects of money (or property more generally, Ar. مال) and royal patronage. It continues with five sections, the first three of which are theoretical discussions of property, while the last two contain descriptions of minerals and perfumes respectively. The author must have lived some centuries after the mid-ninth century AD because he refers to al-Kindī (AD 801-873) as one of the ancients (الكندي وغير المتقدمين; f. 19v, line 4). The section headings are preserved in this fragment give an indication of the topics dealt with: فصل في موضع الحاجة إلى المال الصامت (‘Section on the establishment of the need for dumb property’, f. 10r); فصل فيما يمتحن به المال الصامت فيعرف جيده من رديءه (‘Section on how dumb property can be tested and the good distinguished from the bad’, f. 13v); فصل في الأعراض (‘Section on goods’, f. 15v); فصل في جيد الأعراض ورديءها (‘Section on good and bad goods’, f. 19v); فصل في الطيب (‘Section on perfume’, f. 25r). Begins (defective; f. 10r, lines 1-5): أصل وإن توهم ذلك مجتمعًا من جوائز الملوك ومعاونة السلطان أنبأ عن جلالة قدر ونباهة ذكر وإصالة رأي وإن توهم باتفاق ومصادفة من غير قصد إليه أنبأ عن سعادة جد ويمن طائر ولو لم يكون في الغني إلا أنه من صفات الله غز وجل ... Ends (defective; f. 27v, lines 9-11): ... الفلفل أجوده النطيف (!) من الدق والتراب والحصي السالم من العفونة والاحتراق والعفونة (!) التي طال عليه الزمان وعلامة العفن والمحترق أن يحبك النسيج الذي على الحبّة

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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’.