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Kitāb mā lā yasaʿ al-ṭabīb jahluhu كتاب ما لا يسع الطبيب جهله Kutubī, Yūsuf ibn Ismāʿīl كتبي، يوسف بن إسماعيل [‎6v] (21/686)

The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+336+ii. It was created in 15th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Treatise on materia medica arranged in alphabetical order by Yūsuf ibn Ismā‘īl ibn Ilyās al-Khūwaīyī al-Baghdādī al-Kutubī (يوسف بن إسماعيل بن إلياس الخويي البغدادي الكتبي, d. 1353), and based on the Comprehensive Book on Simple Drugs and Foods (جامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية) by Ibn al-Bayṭār (ابن البيطار, d. 1248, see f. 2r, line 28ff, partially mutilated).

The composition of the text was completed at Damascus on 15 Jumādá I 711/29 September 1311 (see Ullmann, 1970, p. 285, as the end of the text is mutilated in this copy, and the author's colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. is missing).

According to the title page, the scribe of this copy is Ibn al-Maylaṭ (ابن المَيلَط, see f. 1r).

Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4):

الحمد لله الذي لا تكتنه حقيقة معرفته العلوم والأفهام ولا يحيط بكنه

ذاته العقول والأوهام ابتدع الأجرام العلوية وزينها بأجمل مورة

Ends (f. 336r, lines 12-17, defective at end):

يلنجوج اسم عربي للعود الهندي وهو عود البخورة ...

يمام اسم للسفتين وقد ذكر في السين

ينبوت هو خرنور ...

وقد ذكر في الخاء

ينتون ...

الجبل ...

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Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+336+ii
Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper (ff. 51-57, 70-89 and 283-304 are replacements on Western laid paper)

Dimensions: 215 x 145 mm leaf [155 x 85 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil, Eastern Arabic foliation ( quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures?) occasionally visible in extreme upper edge corners of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. folios (e.g. ff. 30r and 121r)

Ruling: No ruling visible; 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 19 lines per 10 cm

Script: Naskh ; the scribe is Ibn al-Maylaṭ (ابن المَيلَط, see title page, f. 1r)

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

Decoration: Text frames of double borders in red on ff. 1v-3v

Binding: British Museum binding with marbled paper on both boards

Condition: Ff. 51-57, 70-89 and 283-304 are replacements on Western laid paper; all folios are mutilated towards the tail with loss of text on many folios, extensive mutilation towards tail and edge on ff. 303-336 worse towards end of volume with much loss of text

Marginalia: Annotations by many hands, see especially the long note on f. 40v

Seals: f. 1r

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Kitāb mā lā yasaʿ al-ṭabīb jahluhu كتاب ما لا يسع الطبيب جهله Kutubī, Yūsuf ibn Ismāʿīl كتبي، يوسف بن إسماعيل [‎6v] (21/686), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 5618, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069610706.0x000016> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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