Author
Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Aqṣarā’ī
Publication Date
Rabī‘ II 961 (AH, Hijri)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
250 x 170 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5931
Record ID
vdc_100046774827.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Rabī‘ II 961 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Commentary by Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Aqṣarā’ī (Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Aqsarai, d. 1378) on the
Epitome of the canon
(Summary of the Law) by Ibn al-Nafīs (Ibn al-Nafīs, d. 1288), an abridgment of Avicenna's (Ibn Sīnā, Avicenna; d. 1037)
Canon of Medicine
(Law in Medicine).
This copy is lacking the first folio (cf. Wellcome, MS Arabic 202 in which the first words at the defective beginning of the present copy are found on f. 4r, line 12, the left-hand page of the first opening).
The copy was completed in Rabī‘ II 961/March-April 1554 by Muḥammad al-Maṣārī (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 271r, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 1r, lines 1-2, defective at beginning):
Food, free-of-charge laws, etc. I ask God for success and protection, and I ask friends
To pardon the mistake and correct the defect. I say that the example of a specific illness is a headache, as it only occurs in the head and...
Ends (f. 271r, lines 3-17):
...and in honey and sugar there are four
[Mithāqīl] And God knows best, the distinguished commentator and scholar, Al-Bahr Al-Zakhīr, Al-Ḥarīr Al-Fakhīr Al-Tūd, said
[... The] Bahr Al-Khadm, Shafi’ Al-Zaman, Sharij Al-Dawran, is a former expert in the field of investigation and auditing
[...] Guides to the straight path, troubleshooter, Hawi
[...] To facilitate dilemmas, it brings together the foundations of meanings in this world and religion
A summary of the chapter on those with certainty, Bahri Sharia and Truth Complex
The sun of the sciences that has not been consumed by a minute
The chemistry of happiness remains in his blessed breath
Congratulations, this is the last thing she allowed
My sore ulcer and my wounded intelligence
From a brief explanation of the law
[...] Beginning and completing it in a time when the mind is dull and the heart is weak
[...The] considers correcting the mistake he made out of kindness, and God Almighty will reward him
Spirit and basil, praise be to God
Done
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 271r, written diagonally below explicit):
This book was written[...]
The one in need of the kindness of Al-Bari Muhammad Wali [...] Muhammad bin Al-Masari
On the date of the month of Rabi’ al-Thani in the year one hundred and sixty-one [hundred].
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 236, p. 196
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from David Fetto, 30 March 1901
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Editions:
Aqṣarā’ī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad,
Ḥall al-mūjiz
(Delhi: Kārkhānah-i Ḥājjī Valī Muḥammad, 1870)
Aqṣarā’ī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad,
Aqṣarāyī
(Lak'hnaw: Nawal Kishawr, 1877)
Study:
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. 55
