Publication Date
6th-19th century
Publication Place
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Cambridge University Library
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Leaf: (height: 18 cm, width: 12.4 cm)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
T-S Ar.42.9
Record ID
cambridge_genizah-7458
Library Location
Cambridge University Library
Date
6th-19th century
Notes
Recto: list of books left by a certain ‘wise sheikh’. The books include: one work by Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh; Aristotle, De Anima; al-Ṭabarī, Firdaws al-Ḥikma (‘The paradise of wisdom’); Ibn Jumayʿ, Kitāb al-Irshād (‘The book of guidance’); Ibn al-Jazzār, Kitāb al-iʿtimād (‘The book of confidence’ aka ‘The reliable book’), and Kitāb al-iʿtidāl fī quwā al-adawiya (‘The book of the balancing of the strength of medicine’); Al-Rāzī, Kitāb al-Ḥāwī fī l-ṭibb (‘The comprehensive book on medicine’); Al-Māwardī, Kitāb al-Ḥakīm (‘The book of the wise’); Hippocrates, Aphorisms; Avicenna, Kitāb al-Ishārāt (‘The book on directives’); and the Epistles of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā’ (‘The brethren of purity’). Verso: Arabic secular poem followed by jottings. | Condition: Torn, holes, rubbed | Layout: 19 lines (recto); 11 lines (verso) | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Malzeme
Paper