Author
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh
Publication Date
25 Friday II 525 AH)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
243 x 150 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 3343
Record ID
vdc_100057761229.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
25 Friday II 525 AH)
Notes
Fanns (Arts) Sixteen to Twenty-two of Book (Book) Three of the
Canon of Medicine
(Law in Medicine) by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (Abu Ali Al-Hussein bin Abdullah), known as Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna, latinised as Avicenna, 980-1037).
Contents:
Fan Sixteen: Conditions of the bowels and anus, ff. 2v-71r;
Fann Seventeen: Diseases of the anus, ff. 71r-81v;
Fann Eighteen: Conditions of the kidneys, ff. 81v-103v;
Fan Nineteen: Conditions of the bladder and urine, ff. 104r-131r;
Fann Twenty: Conditions of the male sexual organs, ff. 131r-151v;
[Fann Twenty-one: Diseases of the female sexual organs], ff. 152r-214v);
Fan Twenty-two: External diseases and those at the extremities of the limbs, ff. 214v-241r.
Some folios are missing after f. 151, so that the copy lacks the end of Fann Twenty and the beginning of Fann Twenty-one. The copy was completed Monday 25 Jumādá II 525/25 May 1131 (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 241r, lines 9-10, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-8):
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may His prayers be upon all of His prophets, especially upon Muhammad the Chosen One and his pure family.
The sixteenth art of the third book
Concerning the conditions of the intestines and the crippled condition, which consists of five articles
The first article in its anatomy and absolute absoluteness
Anatomy of the six intestines. Indeed, the Almighty Creator has preceded His care for man
His knowledge of his interests was preceded by the creation of his intestines, which are the machines for dispensing dry surplus
Lots of numbers, twists and turns...
Ends (f. 241r, lines 4-7):
... Swollen and itchy nails
It is treated with sea water as a permanent wash and it disappears with it, or by cooking lentils and turmeric
Or with hermaphrodite (?) cooking, and among its dressings are balbus, pitch, and cooked enamel
Group and individual
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 241r, lines 7-12):
...The third book of the law books was completed
It is the last word on partial diseases that occur in one organ or another
It was completed on Monday, the twenty-fifth of Jumada al-Akhir (!) of the last months of the year
Twenty-five hundred and five
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may His prayers be upon the Prophet, the Chosen One, Muhammad, his family, and all of his companions
God alone is sufficient for us, and He is the best helper
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), Item 108, pp. 103
Rieu, Charles,
Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Museum
(London: The British Museum, 1894), Item 787, p. 537
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Sidney John Alexander Churchill (1862-1921), 5 July 1886
Köken
Muḥammad Kāẓim (?) (محمد كاظم [؟]): his seal, with date 1084/1673-4 (ff. 1r, 2r, 241r and 241v);
Muḥsin (محسن) [remainder of name illegible]: his seal, with partially legible date 11xx/1688-1785
‘Abd al-Wahhāb (عبد الوهاب): his signature without date (f. 1r);
Yūsuf al-‘Umrānī (يوسف العمراني): his inscription without date (f. 2r);
Inscription in Hebrew characters, erased (f. 2r);
Aḥmad ibn ... (أحمد بن ...) [remainder of name illegible]: his inscription, partially erased (f. 2r);
Inscription in Hebrew characters (f. 2r);
Partially erased inscription with date 20 Rajab 1219/25 October 1804, with illegible seal (f. 2r);
Sidney John Alexander Churchill (1862-1921), British representative at Tehran (1880-94): his signature without date (f. 2r);
Mūsá Kāẓim (موسى كاظم): his seal without legible date (f. 241r);
Abū al-Qāsim (أبو القاسم): his inscription without date, and his seal with date 1234 or 1235/1818-9 or 1819-20 (f. 241r);
Inscription with date 1270/1853-4 (f. 242r).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition:
Ibn Sīnā, Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb, ed. by Idwār al-Qashsh, 2nd edition, 4 vols (Bayrūt: Muʾassasat ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1993)