Official letter and letter to a doctor (P.Vindob. A. Ch. 12168)

Title	Official letter and letter to a doctor (P.Vindob. A. Ch. 12168)
Publication Date:	5.-6. Jh. AH / 11.-12. Jh. n. B.C
Publication Place	Egypt - Egypt
Subject	Letter, letter, official, decree, letter, private, Ḥasbunā llāhu, doctor, illness, Basmala, blessing wish, prescription, magic and medicine, money, dirham (monetary unit), documentary
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Austrian National Library
Record ID	RZ00001937
Date	5.-6. Jh. AH / 11.-12. Jh. n. B.C
Notes	Recto: practiced italics, verso: italics (coarse, unpleasant), notes: digitization and online Description: Mellon project (L. Reinfandt, 2015 / A. Kaplony, 2016), notes: recto: large lettering across text on verso; A piece was cut out of a large sheet with the writing and used for the letter on the verso; Glued on verso vertically 2.8 cm v. left margin; horizontal fold lines, literature: photos: P.Vind.Arab. II (1996), plate 39; Nilus 13 (2007), p. 77; Nilus 15 (2009), p. 49, Literature: Karabacek, J. Ritter von, documents from the years 337-349 H. = 948/9-960 AD, in: Karabacek, J. Ritter von (ed.), Papyrus Archduke Rainer. Guide through the exhibition. With 20 plates and 90 text images, Vienna 1894, pp. 256-257, No. 973 (= PERF 973), Literature: Diem, W., Arabic private letters from the 9th to 15th centuries from the Austrian National Library (Documenta Arabica Antiqua Vol. 2), Wiesbaden 1996, pp. 164-166, No. 34 (= P.Vind.Arab. II 34; Verso), Literature: Froschauer, H. - Römer, C. E., Letter to a doctor with a description of symptoms of illness, in: Froschauer, H. Römer, C. E. (ed.), Between magic and science. Doctors and the art of healing in the papyri from Egypt (Nilus 13), Vienna 2007, p. 110, cat. no. 42 (Verso), Literature: Demiri, L., Letter to a Physician, in: Demiri, L. - Römer, C., Texts from the Early Islamic Period of Egypt. Muslims and Christians at their First Encounter, Vienna 2009 (Nilus 15), pp. 48-49, cat. no. 19 (verso)
İçerik Hakkında	Rekto: Brief oder amtliches Dekret; ḥasbunā llāh wa[-niʿma l-wakīl]; Verso: Brief an einen Arzt; Schreiber des Briefes beschreibt seine Krankheitssymptome: abmageren und husten; die Schmerzen an der Seite haben sich gebessert; Bitte um Diagnose oder Rezept; Verstopfung, woran der Schreiber leidet, wurden von den Medikamenten nicht erhoben

View in source Austrian National Library Austrian National Library - Ottoman library catalog search

Austrian National Library

Official letter and letter to a doctor (P.Vindob. A. Ch. 12168)

Publication Date 5.-6. Jh. AH / 11.-12. Jh. n. B.C

Publication Place Egypt - Egypt

Subject Letter, letter, official, decree, letter, private, Ḥasbunā llāhu, doctor, illness, Basmala, blessing wish, prescription, magic and medicine, money, dirham (monetary unit), documentary

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Austrian National Library

Record ID RZ00001937

Date 5.-6. Jh. AH / 11.-12. Jh. n. B.C

Notes Recto: practiced italics, verso: italics (coarse, unpleasant), notes: digitization and online Description: Mellon project (L. Reinfandt, 2015 / A. Kaplony, 2016), notes: recto: large lettering across text on verso; A piece was cut out of a large sheet with the writing and used for the letter on the verso; Glued on verso vertically 2.8 cm v. left margin; horizontal fold lines, literature: photos: P.Vind.Arab. II (1996), plate 39; Nilus 13 (2007), p. 77; Nilus 15 (2009), p. 49, Literature: Karabacek, J. Ritter von, documents from the years 337-349 H. = 948/9-960 AD, in: Karabacek, J. Ritter von (ed.), Papyrus Archduke Rainer. Guide through the exhibition. With 20 plates and 90 text images, Vienna 1894, pp. 256-257, No. 973 (= PERF 973), Literature: Diem, W., Arabic private letters from the 9th to 15th centuries from the Austrian National Library (Documenta Arabica Antiqua Vol. 2), Wiesbaden 1996, pp. 164-166, No. 34 (= P.Vind.Arab. II 34; Verso), Literature: Froschauer, H. - Römer, C. E., Letter to a doctor with a description of symptoms of illness, in: Froschauer, H. Römer, C. E. (ed.), Between magic and science. Doctors and the art of healing in the papyri from Egypt (Nilus 13), Vienna 2007, p. 110, cat. no. 42 (Verso), Literature: Demiri, L., Letter to a Physician, in: Demiri, L. - Römer, C., Texts from the Early Islamic Period of Egypt. Muslims and Christians at their First Encounter, Vienna 2009 (Nilus 15), pp. 48-49, cat. no. 19 (verso)

İçerik Hakkında Rekto: Brief oder amtliches Dekret; ḥasbunā llāh wa[-niʿma l-wakīl]; Verso: Brief an einen Arzt; Schreiber des Briefes beschreibt seine Krankheitssymptome: abmageren und husten; die Schmerzen an der Seite haben sich gebessert; Bitte um Diagnose oder Rezept; Verstopfung, woran der Schreiber leidet, wurden von den Medikamenten nicht erhoben