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Sharḥ kullīyāt al-qānūn شرح كليات القانون Āmulī, Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd آملي، محمد بن محمود [‎127r] (264/588)

The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+287+i. It was created in 19 Ṣafar 754. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Commentary by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al-Āmulī (شمس الدين محمد بن محمود الآملي, d. 1352) on the Colliget (كتاب الكلية), the first book of the Canon of Medicine (القانون في الطب) by Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, d. 1037). The composition of the text was completed on Saturday 15 Muḥarram 753/3 March 1352 (see author's colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 286v, line 15, transcribed below).

Below the frontispiece (f. 1r) a later hand has added the following title in red ink:

شرح كليات القانون لأكمل المتـ[ـأ]ـخرين

جالينوس الدهر وأبقراط العصر شمس الملة والدين

محمد بن محمود الآملي قدس سره

A note above this title claims that it was written by the scholar Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī (بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي; d. 1621), and this is supported by comparison with a sample of al-‘Āmilī's handwriting presented in Gacek, 2012, p. 15, fig. 9, and by Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad al-‘Āmilī's calligraphic signature (different from that presented by Gacek) found on ff. 1r and 286v, along with his seal on f. 1r.

This copy was made from the author's draft copy, and was completed on Tuesday 19 Ṣafar 754/26 March 1353, at which date the scribe believed the author to be still living (see scribe's colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 286v, lines 16-20, transcribed below). A patron statement at the centre of the illuminated frontispiece (f. 1r) indicates that the copy was created for a sultan given the titles 'Great Lord, Sultan of Sultans of the Arabs and Persians, Master of the Kings of the Nations' (المولى الأعظم سلطان سلاطين العرب والعجم مالك نواصي ملوك الأمم), but the identifying portions of his name have been defaced. Since the illumination and script suggest an Egyptian provenance, the sultan named in the patron statement is likely to be the Mamluk Sultan al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn (الملك الصالح صلاح الدين صالح بن محمد ناصر الدين, reg. 1351-1354).

Begins (f. 1v, lines 1-2):

الحمد لله الذي دقت حكمته في خلقة الإنسان وعمت نعمته عليهم من فرط الإحسان الشاهد بكمال قدرته طبائع الأركان القال (؟) على دقائق رأفته أحوال مزجة

الأبدان منشي الأرواح ومفيض القوى على الأعضاء في مجاري العصب والوريد والشريان الذي قرن الصحة والمرض بالأسباب كالدلائل والأعراض بهما مرشدًا

Ends (f. 286v, lines 13-15):

... ونرجو الله تعالى سأرحمه (؟) أيضًا وهو العبد الضعيف محمد بن محمود الآملي لحسن الله عافيته أن يكفي ماكتبه عليه كافيًا

وبمقاصده وإقناء أن يرزقه ما تتمناه وأن ينتفع به في دنياه وأخراه وله الحمد على حسن توفيقه والصلوة على محمد خير خلقه وعلى آله وصحبه

الطيبين الطاهرين ...

Author's colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 286v, line 15):

واتفق فراغ المصنف مد الله ظلاله وحقق إحماله (؟) منه يوم السبت منتصف المحرم سنة ثلث وخمسين وسبعمائة

Scribe's colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 286v, lines 16-24):

وفرغ الكاتب من نقل المسودة إلى هذا البياض

يوم الثلثاء تاسع عشر صفر سنة أربع وخمسين وسبعمائة

حامدًا لله مصليًا على رسوله وعلى من أتبعه

من آله وصحبه وداعًا لمصنفه بدوام

أيامه وامتد له ظلاله على المستفيدين منه

والمخلصين له اللهم لحسن عافيته حال دلريه (؟)

ولغفر له ولوالديه ولجميع المؤمنين والمؤمنات

وصلى على سيد الأنبياء محمد وعلى آله

الأطهار

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Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+287+i
Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 260 x 160 mm leaf [190 x 115 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 33 lines per page; vertical spacing 18 lines per 10 cm

Script: Nasta‘līq

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

Decoration: Illuminated frontispiece (f. 1r), text frame with illuminated basmallah (f. 1v)

Binding: British Museum half-leather binding

Condition: F. 1 mutilated, tide marks at head and tail, brown stain at head of f. 150 affecting surrounding folios

Marginalia: Notes by many hands

Seals: Ff. 1r, 1v and 286v

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Sharḥ kullīyāt al-qānūn شرح كليات القانون Āmulī, Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd آملي، محمد بن محمود [‎127r] (264/588), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 3654, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069588351.0x000041> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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