Author
a Lebanese Maronite Christian
Publication Date
late 18th-early 19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
222 x 158mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 12150
Record ID
vdc_100086326232.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
late 18th-early 19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Contents:
(1) Ibn al-Masīḥī (ابن المسيحي),
Kitāb al-iqtiḍāb al-majmūʿ ʿalá ṭarīq al-masʾalah wa-l-jawāb
( كتاب الاقتضاب المجموع على طريق المسألة والجواب, ff. 2v-57v);
(2) Muhadhdhab al-Dīn al-Dakhwār (مهذب الدين الدخوار),
Sharḥ Kitāb Taqdimat al-maʿrifah li-Abuqrāṭ
(شرح كتاب تقدمة المعرفة لأبقراط, ff. 58r-139v).
This volume was previously owned by a Lebanese Maronite Christian, Yūsuf al-Ṣayfī (يوسف الصيفي, d. after 1847). The British Library holds a number of other manuscripts from the al-Ṣayfī collection (see record for Or 12151) and at least 40 others are housed in the Special Collections of the University of Leeds, having been acquired around 1957. Many of these were written in al-Ṣayfī's own hand (e.g. Leeds MSS Arabic 72 and 105) or that of his brother Anṭūn (Leeds MS Arabic 271; see Young, M. J. L., 'Arabic and Turkish Manuscripts in the Leeds Oriental Manuscript Collection',
Bulletin [British Society for Middle Eastern Studies
], 7 [1980], pp. 123-31).
The binding features a stamped central cross, typical of the Christian community in Lebanon.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Items 8 and 166, pp. 5-6 and 145
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Mrs A. M. Sefi, 28 May 1957
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Kitāb al-iqtiḍāb al-majmūʿ ʿalā ṭarīq al-masʾalah wa-l-jawāb كتاب الاقتضاب المجموع على طريق المسألة والجواب Ibn al-Masīḥī, Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr ابن المسيحي، سعيد بن أبي الخير
111 images
Ref: Or 12150, ff 2v-57v
Muhadhdhab al-Dīn al-Dakhwār, ʻAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʻAlī مهذب الدين الدخوار، عبد الرحيم بن علي Sharḥ Kitāb Taqdimat al-maʿrifah li-Abuqrāṭ شرح كتاب تقدمة المعرفة لأبقراط
164 images
Ref: Or 12150, ff 58r-139v
Köken
Anṭūn al-Ṣayfī (أنطون الصيفي): his ownership note with date June 1904 (f. 2r)
Yūsuf al-Ṣayfī (يوسف الصيفي): his ownership inscription, without date (ff. 2r and 139v): as number 27
Yūsuf Khayr (يوسف خير), the volume's scribe: his cancelled note recording that the volume was transferred into his care (إلى ذمة كاتبه) in 1834 [?] (f. 2r)
Bishārah Maqsūd (?) بشارة مقصود (؟): his cancelled note recording that the volume was transferred into his care following the death of his brother Yūsuf on 12 Ṣafar 1222/21 April 1807 (f. 2r)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
al-Ṣayfī manuscripts at the University of Leeds:
MacDonald, John,
Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts, University of Leeds Department of Semitic Languages and Literatures
, vols. I-VIII (1958). Entries for Ṣayfī manuscripts are found in volumes II-IV, VI-VII.
Young, M. J. L., 'Arabic and Turkish Manuscripts in the Leeds Oriental Manuscript Collection',
Bulletin
(
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies
), 7 (1980), pp. 123-31
