The Sea of Gems
(بحر الجواهر)

Name: The Sea of Gems
Author: Harawī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 16th century

Title	The Sea of Gems
Title Original	بحر الجواهر
Author	Harawī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 16th century
Publication Date:	1601
Publication Place	- [publisher not identified]
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource.
Library:	Library of Congress
Library Asset ID	2021667274
Record ID	22057218
Date	1601
Sample Text	Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Harawī, who flourished in the late 15th--early 16th centuries, was a physician and author of at least two medical treatises, including this lexicon Baḥr al-jawāhir (The sea of gems). It is a medical dictionary arranged alphabetically, covering anatomical and pathological terms and concepts and medicinal substances. The colophon gives the composition date as 924 AH (1518 AD). This manuscript was copied in 1601 in a clear medium-sized naskh script with some rubrication. The manuscript was a gift of Harvey Cushing (1869--1939), a Yale-educated neurosurgeon, whose collection of rare medical books forms a key part of the Medical Historical Library in the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
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The Sea of Gems

(بحر الجواهر)

Author Harawī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 16th century

Publication Date 1601

Publication Place - [publisher not identified]

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource.

Library Library of Congress

Library Asset ID 2021667274

Record ID 22057218

Date 1601

Sample Text Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Harawī, who flourished in the late 15th--early 16th centuries, was a physician and author of at least two medical treatises, including this lexicon Baḥr al-jawāhir (The sea of gems). It is a medical dictionary arranged alphabetically, covering anatomical and pathological terms and concepts and medicinal substances. The colophon gives the composition date as 924 AH (1518 AD). This manuscript was copied in 1601 in a clear medium-sized naskh script with some rubrication. The manuscript was a gift of Harvey Cushing (1869--1939), a Yale-educated neurosurgeon, whose collection of rare medical books forms a key part of the Medical Historical Library in the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.

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