Tadhkirat ūlī al-albāb wa-al-jāmi‘ lil-‘ajb al-‘ujāb تذكرة أولي الألباب والجامع للعجب للعجاب Anṭākī, Dā’ūd ibn ‘Umar أنطاكي، داؤد بن عمر and three other short medical texts

Content

A copy of the medical encyclopaedia Tadhkirat ūlī al-albāb wa-al-jāmi‘ lil-‘ajb al-‘ujāb (تذكرة أولي الألباب والجامع للعجب للعجاب) by Dā’ūd ibn ‘Umar al-Qaṣīr al-Anṭākī (داؤد بن عمر القصير الأنطاكي; d. 1599). The encyclopaedia is accompanied by three other short medical texts.

The manuscript was copied in 1838, in Cairo, by the scribe Ayyūb of Nazareth (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 330, lines 9-13, transcribed below).

Contents:

• al-Anṭakī, Dā’ūd ibn ‘Umar (الأنطكي، داؤد بن عمر), Tadhkirat ūlī al-albāb wa-al-jāmi‘ lil-‘ajb al-‘ujāb (تذكرة أولي الألباب والجامع للعجب للعجاب) (ff. 3v-324v);
• Anonymous notes on the medical properties of foods drawn from various medical books (من بعض كتب الطب) (ff. 325r-326r);
• Hippocrates (بقراط), Kitāb al-buthūr fī ‘alāmāt al-mawt (كتاب البثور في علامات الموت) (ff. 326r-327v);
• Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā, ابن سينا), Extracts from the Canon [ of Medicine ] (القانون) (ff. 327v-330r).

Folios 1v-2r contain a table of contents to the entire manuscript.

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 330, lines 9-17):

وكان الفراغ من نساخة هذا الكتاب في يوم الخامس والعشرين

من شهر نيسان سنة ألف وثمانمائة وثمان وثلاثين

مسيحية في مدينة مصر المحمية على يد العبد الفقير

إلى ربه أيوب من مدينة ناصرة الجليل من عيلة

بيت مبارك فأرجو كل من نظر إلى

هذه الأسطر الحقيرة

ووجد غلطًا فيصلحه

ولا يلومني بذلك

صح

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. vi+330+viii

It is grouped into

تذكرة أولي الألباب والجامع للعجب للعجاب Tadhkirat ūlī al-albāb wa-al-jāmi‘ lil-‘ajb al-‘ujāb أنطاكي، داؤد بن عمر Anṭākī, Dā’ūd ibn ‘Umar

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Ref: Add MS 12187, ff 3v-324v

Anonymous notes on the medical properties of foods

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Ref: Add MS 12187, ff 325r-326r

كتاب البثور في علامات الموت Kitāb al-buthūr fī ‘alāmāt al-mawt بقراط Hippocrates

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Ref: Add MS 12187, ff 326r-327v

نقل من القانون Extracts from the Canon [ of Medicine ] ابن سينا (Ibn Sīnā, Avicenna)

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Ref: Add MS 12187, ff 327v-330r

Physical characteristics

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 295 x 212 mm leaf [198 x 127 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic pagination in red ink

Ruling: Misṭarah; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 10 lines per 10 cm; the written area is enclosed by a frame of double lines in red ink

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red; text frame in red ink

Binding: British Museum binding in dark brown leather

Condition: Excellent condition

Marginalia: None

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Add MS 12187

History of this record

Date(s)

1838

Context of creation

Cairo

Immediate source of acquisition

Purchased from the Rev. Hen. Tattam 13 November 1841

Related material

Subjects

Medicine, ArabMedicine, MedievalMedicine, Greek and Roman

People & organisations

DawudDā'ūd ibn 'Umar AnṭakīHippocrates, Pseudo-HippocratesAvicenna

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