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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iv+282+iv. It was created in 976-988. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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- Content
Composite manuscript comprising two codicological units.
Contents:
- (1) al-Qalānisī (القلانسي), Qarābādīn (aqrābādhīn) (قرابادين [أقراباذين]; ff. 1v-110v);
- (2) Ibn Hubal (ابن هبل), al-Mukhtār fī al-ṭibb (المختار في الطب; ff. 111r-282r).
- Extent and format
- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iv+282+iv
- It is grouped into
- 219 imagesRef: Or 2805, ff 1v-110v343 imagesRef: Or 2805, ff 111r-282r
- Physical characteristics
Physical characteristics:
Material: Eastern laid paper
Dimensions: 235 x 170 mm leaf
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Script: Naskh
Binding: British Museum half-leather binding
Condition: Minor water damage
Marginalia: Marginalia by multiple hands
Seals: Ff. 110v, 111v and 282r
- Written in
- Arabic in Arabic script
- Type
- Manuscript
Archive information for this record
- Original held at
- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- Or 2805
- Date(s)
- 976-988 (AH, Hijri qamari)
- Provenance
Sidney John Alexander Churchill (سيدنه چرچیل, 1862-1921), British representative at Tehran (1880-94), his inscription, and his seal dated 1297/1879-80 (ff. 1v; seal only on ff. 110v, 111v and 282r)
- Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased from Sidney John Alexander Churchill (1862-1921), British representative at Tehran (1880-94), 5 December 1884
- Finding aids
- Hamarneh, Sami, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library (Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Items 173-74, pp. 151-55
- Rieu, Charles, Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts (London: The British Museum, 1894), Item 796, pp. 540-41
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- Medicine--Early works to 1800
- People & organisations
- Sidney John Alexander Churchill
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- Reference
- Or 2805
- Title
- Two medical treatises
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r, 282v, v-r:viii-v, back-i
- Author
- Please see item description
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- Or 2805, ff 1v-110v
- Title
- Qarābādīn (aqrābādhīn) قرابادين (أقراباذين) Qalānisī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad قلانسي، بدر الدين محمد
- Pages
- 1v:110v
- Author
- Please see item description
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- Or 2805, ff 111r-282r
- Title
- al-Mukhtār fī al-ṭibb المختار في الطب Ibn Hubal, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad ابن هبل، علي بن أحمد
- Pages
- 111r:282r
- Author
- Please see item description
- Usage terms
- Public Domain