Author
Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir Marwazī (author)
Publication Date
1200/1299
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Zoology --Pre-Linnean works | more | less
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Codex; ff. xxviii+209+iv
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100027134517.0x000001_ar | 81055/vdc_100027134517.0x000001_en | Add MS 21102
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100027134517.0x000001_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1200/1299
Notes
Treatise on zoology in five chapters (articles) by Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir al-Marwazī (Sharaf al-Zamān Tahir al-Marwazi; fl. 1056-1125). Collation with the two other known copies of this text (British Library, Delhi Arabic 1949 and UCLA, MS Ar. 52) shows that this copy contains a portion of chapter one (ends f. 13r), the whole of chapters two through four and a portion of chapter 5 (see Stern, 'Some Fragments of Galen's
On Dispositions[Περὶ ἠθῶν] in Arabic',
Classical Quarterly, new series 6, (1956) pp. Ends (f. 209r, lines 14-17 [defective at end]):... it is a covering. The shell is similar to the shell of the vervain. It is called Abu Khais, and it has a pleasant smell because its animal raises the cold, and it is the best in the cold in the heat of the pen (?...). It may be found in the countries of India in the standing waters of the barley, and it is brought from the sea, and its color is (...) The white is creamy and has a strong color, and it has black (?) and its color is black, but it is smaller, and both are good | Codex; ff. xxviii+209+iv | Material: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 180 x 155 mm leaf [150 x 110 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling:
Misṭarah?; 17-18 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cmScript:
NaskhInk: Black ink, with rubricated headings and ocassional punctuation in red; some spaces for rubricated headings left blankBinding: Eastern binding in red leather with flap; gold-tooled borders but no medallion on boards; double of light brown leather with gold-tooled bordersCondition: Waterstains in marginsMarginalia: Occasional marginalia by many handsSeals: None | more | less
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