Author
Sadīd al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Mas‘ud al-Qazarouni
Publication Date
6 Ramaḍān 764 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
220 x 150 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 6491
Record ID
vdc_100062953297.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
6 Ramaḍān 764 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Sections (Arts) One and Two from
The Sufficient Concerning the Commentary on the Summary
(Al-Mughni fi Sharh al-Mujaz) by Sadīd al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Mas‘ūd al-Kāzarūnī (Sadīd al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Masoud al-Kāzīrūnī; d. 1357), a commentary on Ibn al-Nafīs’ (Ibn al-Nafīs; d. 1288)
Summary of the canon
(Summary of the Law), itself an epitome of Avicenna's (Ibn Sīnā, Avicenna; d. 1037) Canon of Medicine.
The text is divided into four sections following the four sections of Ibn al-Nafīs' Mūjiz the first two of which are contained in the present manuscript.
Commentary on Section One (Explanation of the First Art, ff. 3v-68v);
Commentary on Section Two (Explanation of the Second Art, ff. 68v-133v).
Folios 1v-3r contain notes on preparations of compound drugs.
The copy was completed on 6 Ramaḍān 764/19 June 1363 (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 133v, lines 7-8, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 3v, lines 1-4):
... Praise be to God, who created and invented abstract mental essences with his power
Among them are fixed and newer astronomical bodies due to their different positions in the world of the universe and corruption. Types of births according to ability.
Preparedness, and the fairness of rituals in quantities and qualities, results from the moderation of a person’s temperament among all others
Mixed and compounded things, Glory be to Him who is a Bestower whose blessings do not conceal Him...
Ends (f. 133v, lines 1-3):
From each one, two dirhams of cloves and a large and small clove, from each one half a dirham of ginger and a clove of pepper.
From each one of the Danqin of Tabarzad sugar twenty mithqals, he collects the powdered medicines and the syrup from one mithqal
For two dirhams with raised roses, and God knows best what is correct, and to Him is the return and return...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 133v, lines 3-9):
...The book is done
And to him is the reference, by the grace of God, King Wahhab. Our master and sheikh, of good faith and religion, Al-Kazrouni, said
May God continue to bless the Prophet Muhammad and his family. This is what I captured
It is one of the reliable sources for the book to replace the reading of books, and praise be to God alone
May peace and blessings be upon the one after whom there is no prophet, his family, and his companions. His suspension has been emptied on the sixth of Ramadan.
Blessed is the year seven hundred and sixty-four AH. May God’s prayers and peace be upon its owner
He greeted you with gratitude
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards,
A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894
(London: British Museum, 1912), p. 44
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 238, p. 196
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Ibrahim Elias Gejou, 7 April 1903
Köken
‘Alī ibn Muḥammad (علي بن محمد, remainder of name semi-legible): His inscription with date 765/1363-4 (f. 3r);
Yūsuf ibn Qurqumās al-Ḥamzāwī (يوسف قرقماس الحمزاوي): His inscription, without date, recording his purchase of the manuscript from Shaykh Shams al-Dīn [semi-legible name element] al-Ḥanafī (شيخ شمس الدين الحنفي, f. 3r);
Faḍl Allāh ibn ‘Imād ibn ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Mukhtār (فضل الله بن عماد بن عبد الكريم المختار)), physician: His inscription, without date (f. 3r);
Illegible seal, with semi-legible date (f. 3r).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Editions of the text commented upon:
Ibn al-Nafīs, ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm, al-Mūjiz fī al-ṭibb (al-Qāhirah: Wizārat al-Awqāf, 1986)
Ibn al-Nafīs, ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm, Kitāb mūjiz al-qānūn (Calcutta: The Education Press, 1828)
Studies:
Fancy, Nahyan, 'Medical Commentaries: A Preliminary Examination of Ibn al-Nafīs’s Shurūḥ, the Mūjaz and Commentaries on the Mūjaz' Oriens 41 (2013) 525-545
Iskandar, A.Z., A Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1967), p. 54
