Two medical treatises

Or 2805

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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
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

Access & Reference

Original held at
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference
Or 2805

History of this record

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

Related material

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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