Isagoge كتاب إيساغوجي Galen جالينوس

Arundel Or 10, ff 28r-55r

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The record is made up of ff. 28r-55r. It was created in 711-712. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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An Arabic translation in question-and-answer form of the pseudo-Galenic text Introductio sive medicus . The Latin title translates the Greek Εἰσαγωγὴ ἢ ἰατρός, while the Arabic إيساغوجي ( Īsāghūjī ) transcribes the first word of the Greek title, Εἰσαγωγὴ ( Eisagōgē ), meaning ‘Introduction’. The Arabic version was begun by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (ca 809-873) and completed by his nephew, Ḥubaysh ibn al-Ḥasan al-Aʻsam (see note explaining this on title page, f. 28r, lines 3-6). The title page also gives an alternative title for the text: مسائل حنين بزيادات حبيش ( Masā’il Ḥunayn bi-zīyādāt Ḥubaysh ).

Begins (f. 28v, lines 2-5):

كتاب إيساغوجي لجالينوس ترجمه حنين بن إسحاق يمتحن به

متعلمي الطب. قال جالينوس إلى كم جزء ينقسم الطب

قال إلى جزؤين قال وما هما قال العمل والعمل. إلى كم جزء ينقسم

العلم قال إلى ثلثة أجزاء قال وما هي قال العلم بمعرفة الأمور الطبعية

Ends (f. 55r, lines 11-15):

لأن الحمى تدل فيه على أمرين إما أن الأخلاط مأمونة كما يدل

في الحميات الحادة على العفونة وإما على أنها سليمة كما يدل

في حمى يوم وإما دلالته على أن العلة في مجاري البول فمثل ما

تدل على قرحة تكون في كليتين أو المثانة أو في ٮرٮحى (؟) البول أو في

القصيب من الرجل أو في الفرج من المرأة

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 55r, line 15):

تم الكتاب والحمد لله وحده

Extent and format

ff. 28r-55r

It is part of

Medical compendium

370 images

Ref: Arundel Or 10

Physical characteristics

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 174 x 124 mm leaf [130 x 94 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling:

Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cm (ff. 4v-27v);
Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing lines per 10 cm (ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r);
No ruling visible; average 18 lines per page; 16 lines per 10 cm (ff. 105v-108v)

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and over lining in red

Binding: British Museum binding in brown leather

Condition: minor waterstains, some foxing and light grime from thumbing, some folios torn and repaired (e.g. ff. 10, 11 and 68)

Marginalia: Occasional marginal annotations and corrections

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Archive information for this record

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Arundel Or 10, ff 28r-55r

History of this record

Date(s)

711-712 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Context of creation

Aleppo

Provenance

See note on f. 28r of one Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Khalīl (?) ibn al-Ḥaṣūn (?) who inspected and copied the texts on ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r on 17 Jumādá II 829/26 April 1426.

Front paper i verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. contains an anonymous bookplate with motto ‘NULLIUS IN VERBA’.

Folio 4r contains stamp inscribed ‘Soc. Reg. Lond. ex dono Henr. Howard Norfolciensis’.

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Edition/Translation of original Greek text:

Petit, Caroline, ed. and trans., Galien. Tome 3. Le Médecin, introduction , (Paris: Belles Lettres, 2009)

Study:

Fichtner, Gerhard, Corpus Galenicum. Bibliographie der galenischen und pseudgalenischen Werke (Berlin: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2012) p. 59, Item 89

Subjects: Medicine, ArabMedicine, MedievalMedicine, Greek and Roman
People & organisations: Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-'IbādīGalenus, Pseudo-Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣā'id Ibn al-TilmīdhAvicennaGalen

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Isagoge كتاب إيساغوجي Galen جالينوس, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Arundel Or 10, ff 28r-55r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023901480.0x000003> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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