Author
[Anonymous].
Publication Date
No dates; probably 19th century
Publication Place
Quds - Palestine -
Not identified
Subject
Medicines, A book on popular pharmacology.
Type
kitap
Language
Ottoman
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
20.1cm × 13.9cm
Library
Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation
Library Asset ID
Tur 20a
Record ID
90037
Library Location
Palestine (Quds) - Al-Khālidiyyah LIBRARY - Palestine (Jerusalem) - Khalidiya Library
Date
No dates; probably 19th century
Notes
Author and title of the work remain unidentified, since the beginning of the text is missing. The title used here is penned onto the bottom edge. The manuscript contains a total number of 57 ff. (cf. Tur 20 b): Tur 20a and Tur 20b seem to have originally been separate books which were bound together, Tur 20b being trimmed to the size of Tur 20a. Strong cream-coloured paper with laid lines and watermark; some plant names are overscored; no border or decoration; occasional catchwords; some corrections in the margin. f. 20b: a notice, in siyagat script, on the way stations (menzīl) from Istanbul to the Crimea. The work describes the preparation of popular medicines from fruits, plants, herbs and spices (apple, pomegranate, cypress leaves, clove, pepper, etc., but also honey) for the cure of bad breath, eye diseases, a sore throat, and toothache, loss of hair, cough, children's and women's illnesses, difficulties during childbirth, etc. It also indicates how to take these medicines and how they work. The orthography is quite eccentric. Similar works are described in Tiirk. Hss. vol. 4, pp. 398 ff.
Sample Text
(f. 1 a):
Cilt
Brown leather cover without decoration, rubbed; loose binding, spine badly worn
Yazı hakkında notlar
Careless and inconsistent neskhi, with influences of divani script
Durum
A number of ff. are missing at the head of the volume; ff. 16a-20a are blank. Some worm damage.
Mürekkep rengi
Black ink
Satır sayısı
15
Yazı türü
Naskh
