Maqālat khalq al-insān مقالة خلق الإنسان Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn سعيد بن هبة الله بن الحسين [4v] (19/264)
The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+121+iv. It was created in 16 Rajab 611. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Treatise on embryology, obstetrics, paediatrics and psychology by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn (أبو الحسن بن هبة الله بن الحسين; d. 1101), personal physician to the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadī (المقتدي, reg. 1056-1094).
The text is divided into fifty chapters (أبواب), and ff. 1r-4v contain a table listing their contents.
The copy was completed in Jerusalem on 16 Rajab 611/21 November 1214 by Mūsá ibn ‘Imrān al-Isrā’īlī (موسى بن عمران الإسرايلي; see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 121v, lines 10-14, transcribed below). It is defective at the beginning, missing some brief introductory material before the table of contents.
There is a short unfoliated note bound into the volume between ff. 104 and 105.
Begins (f. 1r, lines 3-7):
وعدد هذه المقالة [...]
خمسون بابًا
الباب الأول
في العلة التي من أجلها جعلت الطبيعة نوع
الإنسان مقسوم بالذكر والأنثى
Ends (f. 121v, lines 4-7):
وإذ قد بيّنا على عرض هذه المقالة لنقلع (؟)
الكلام فيها في هذا الموقع ونقلع (؟) ذلك
بحمد لله و الثنا عليه كما ابتدائها في افتتاحها
وهو حسبنا ونعم الوكيل
Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 121v, lines 8-14):
تمت المقالة وأحمد لله وحده كثيرًا
المسماة خلق الإنسان
وكتب بالقدس الشريف عرسـ[ ... ]
وكتبها العبد الفقير إلى رحمة الله تعالى
موسى بن عمران الإسرايلي ببيت المقدس
وكان الفراغ منها يوم الأربعة سادس عشر شهر
رجب سنة أحد عشر وستمائة الحمد لله وصلوة صلعم
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+121+iv
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 237 x 163 mm leaf [193 x 125 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; three further sets of foliations in eastern Arabic numerals in ink
Ruling: No ruling visible; 18 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh ; the scribe is Mūsá ibn ‘Imrān al-Isrā’īlī (موسى بن عمران الإسرايلي; see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 121v, line 12)
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings
Binding: British Museum binding
Condition: Insect damage, water stains, heavely repaired, many leaves covered in netting
Marginalia: Short corrections and annotations by many hands
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