Three fragments of a medical manuscript

Name: Three fragments of a medical manuscript
Author: an unfoliated blank flyleaf. Each section is defective at beginning and all but the last also at the end with no indication of authors or titles. Contents:

Title	Three fragments of a medical manuscript
Author	an unfoliated blank flyleaf. Each section is defective at beginning and all but the last also at the end with no indication of authors or titles. Contents:
Publication Date:	13th century (CE, Gregorian)
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 6285, ff 27r-147r
Record ID	vdc_100123581550.0x000001
Library Location	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date	13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	Fragments of a medical manuscript, divided into three sections each separated by an unfoliated blank flyleaf. Each section is defective at beginning and all but the last also at the end with no indication of authors or titles. Contents: (1) Anonymous commentary on Ibn Sīnā's (ابن سينا, d. 1037) al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (القانون في الطب, ff. 27r-102v); (2) Continuation of previous anonymous commentary on Ibn Sīnā's al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (ff. 103r-116v); (3) Anonymous medical compendium (ff. 117r-147r). In section 3, most quotations are marked simply by 'he said' (قال), so it is probable but not certain that Ibn Sīnā is meant. There are many citations of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (حنين بن إسحق, d. 873), and less frequent citations of other physicians such as Yūḥannā ibn Sarābīyūn (يحنا بن سرابيون, here بن سرافيون, fl. 9th century, f. 136v, line 4) and ʿAlī ibn Riḍwān (علي بن رضوان, d. ca 1068, f. 138v, line 2). The author's own frequent comments are introduced by 'by me' (لي), and it is evident that he was resident in Damascus (see f. 135v, line 14: 'amongst us in Damascus' [عندنا في دمشق]). The folios were previously in a different order as shown by an earlier modern foliation, which was crossed out when the folios were re-foliated. In this previous modern foliation, the first eight folios (previously ff. 27-34, now ff. 103-110) have a historic eastern Arabic foliation in black ink, in which the folios are 1-8. The first of these folios, has the words 'missing a folio from its beginning' (ناقصة ورقة من أوّله) written in the head margin (now f. 103r). F. 47r contains a diagram of the earth with the two poles (قطبان) labelled and the five inhabited climes labelled cold (بارد), moderate (معتدل) and hot (حار). Begins (f. 27r, lines 1-3, defective at beginning): تفسير القيوح المذكورة في هذا الحد واعلم أنه إنما قدم لفظ القلم لأنه جنس وقوله يتعرف فضل صوري وقوله أحوال بدن الإنسان من جهة ما يصح ويزول عن صحة ... Ends (f. 147r, lines 3-5): والجَيْرونية يفتح الجيم جَرون من الأطباء وقوله في هذا الفصل أمرًا من معرفة إلى قوله خصوصًا في المنافس الضيقة لأن أنفعال الهواء حينئذ يكون أسرع يشكل ما فصل من الغريبة
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 123, pp. 106-7
Köken	Shams al-Dīn ʿAlī (شمس الدين علي): his endowment statement (وقفية) without date, trimmed so only partially legible (f. 49v and 68v, head margin)

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Three fragments of a medical manuscript

Author an unfoliated blank flyleaf. Each section is defective at beginning and all but the last also at the end with no indication of authors or titles. Contents:

Publication Date 13th century (CE, Gregorian)

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 6285, ff 27r-147r

Record ID vdc_100123581550.0x000001

Library Location British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Date 13th century (CE, Gregorian)

Notes Fragments of a medical manuscript, divided into three sections each separated by an unfoliated blank flyleaf. Each section is defective at beginning and all but the last also at the end with no indication of authors or titles. Contents: (1) Anonymous commentary on Ibn Sīnā's (ابن سينا, d. 1037) al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (القانون في الطب, ff. 27r-102v); (2) Continuation of previous anonymous commentary on Ibn Sīnā's al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (ff. 103r-116v); (3) Anonymous medical compendium (ff. 117r-147r). In section 3, most quotations are marked simply by 'he said' (قال), so it is probable but not certain that Ibn Sīnā is meant. There are many citations of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (حنين بن إسحق, d. 873), and less frequent citations of other physicians such as Yūḥannā ibn Sarābīyūn (يحنا بن سرابيون, here بن سرافيون, fl. 9th century, f. 136v, line 4) and ʿAlī ibn Riḍwān (علي بن رضوان, d. ca 1068, f. 138v, line 2). The author's own frequent comments are introduced by 'by me' (لي), and it is evident that he was resident in Damascus (see f. 135v, line 14: 'amongst us in Damascus' [عندنا في دمشق]). The folios were previously in a different order as shown by an earlier modern foliation, which was crossed out when the folios were re-foliated. In this previous modern foliation, the first eight folios (previously ff. 27-34, now ff. 103-110) have a historic eastern Arabic foliation in black ink, in which the folios are 1-8. The first of these folios, has the words 'missing a folio from its beginning' (ناقصة ورقة من أوّله) written in the head margin (now f. 103r). F. 47r contains a diagram of the earth with the two poles (قطبان) labelled and the five inhabited climes labelled cold (بارد), moderate (معتدل) and hot (حار). Begins (f. 27r, lines 1-3, defective at beginning): تفسير القيوح المذكورة في هذا الحد واعلم أنه إنما قدم لفظ القلم لأنه جنس وقوله يتعرف فضل صوري وقوله أحوال بدن الإنسان من جهة ما يصح ويزول عن صحة ... Ends (f. 147r, lines 3-5): والجَيْرونية يفتح الجيم جَرون من الأطباء وقوله في هذا الفصل أمرًا من معرفة إلى قوله خصوصًا في المنافس الضيقة لأن أنفعال الهواء حينئذ يكون أسرع يشكل ما فصل من الغريبة

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 123, pp. 106-7

Köken Shams al-Dīn ʿAlī (شمس الدين علي): his endowment statement (وقفية) without date, trimmed so only partially legible (f. 49v and 68v, head margin)