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Kitāb al-taysīr fī al-mudāwāt wa-al-tadbīr كتاب التيسير في المداواة والتدبير Ibn Zuhr, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-ʻAlāʼ ابن زهر، عبد الملك بن أبي العلاء [&lrm;219r] (456/492)

Kitāb al-taysīr fī al-mudāwāt wa-al-tadbīr كتاب التيسير في المداواة والتدبير Ibn Zuhr, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-ʻAlāʼ ابن زهر، عبد الملك بن أبي العلاء [‎219r] (456/492)

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Kitāb al-taysīr fī al-mudāwāt wa-al-tadbīr كتاب التيسير في المداواة والتدبير Ibn Zuhr, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-ʻAlāʼ ابن زهر، عبد الملك بن أبي العلاء

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Ref: Or 9128

The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iv+234+ii. It was created in 14th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Medical compendium on drug therapy, dietetics and pharmacopoeia by the Andalusian physician Abū Marwān ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Abī al-‘Alā’ Zuhr (أبو مروان عبد الملك بن أبي العلاء زهر, d. 1162), known as Ibn Zuhr (ابن زهر), Latinised as Avenzoar.

The text is divided into three sections (أجزاء) or books (أسفار):

Book One (السفر الأول, ff. 1r-115r);
Section Two (الجزء الثاني, ff. 117r-211r);
Section Three (الجزء الثالث, ff. 211v-234r).

The last page (f. 234r) has been replaced by a much later hand.

Begins (f. 1r, lines 4-5):

كتاب التيسير في المداواة والتدبير

قال عبد الملك بن زهر الحمد لله ...

Ends (f. 234r, lines 3-7):

وجعلت هذا الجزء لكتابي هذا كالختم وجعلت هذا

القانون الكلي والطريق السهل ختمًا أيضًا فإن يكن

أمانة بتوفيق الله تعلى (!) وإن يكن تقصير فقد اجتهدت

والله تعلى (!) شاهدي وهو سبحانه ينفع بكتابي ويعلي

أمرك وذكرك بمنه والسلام ...

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 234r, lines 7-8):

... تم الكتاب بحمد الله وحسن

عونه وصلى الله على سيدنا ومولانا محمد

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Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. iv+234+ii

Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 234 x 171 mm leaf [197 x 130 mm written]

Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink (begins at 1 at beginning of each section [جزء]: ff. 1r, 117r and 212r); British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: No ruling visible; 17 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cm

Script: Maghribī

Ink: Black ink, with some marginal headings in red and green ink

Decoration: None

Binding: British Museum half-leather binding; damage to f. 155 indicates that the manuscript was previously bound in a binding with a flap

Condition: All folios guarded; some margins mutilated and repaired, worse towards front and back of volume; insect damage, some repaired with silk gauze; minor iron-gall ink corrosion, some repaired with silk gauze; f. 1r mostly illegible due to abrasion, insect damage and overlaid silk gauze; damage with loss of text on f. 155 due to iron-gall ink corrosion

Marginalia: Few by more than one hand

Seals: None

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Arabic in Arabic script

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Kitāb al-taysīr fī al-mudāwāt wa-al-tadbīr كتاب التيسير في المداواة والتدبير Ibn Zuhr, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-ʻAlāʼ ابن زهر، عبد الملك بن أبي العلاء [‎219r] (456/492), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 9128, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069862752.0x000039> [accessed 30 April 2024]

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Reference: Or 9128
Title: Kitāb al-taysīr fī al-mudāwāt wa-al-tadbīr كتاب التيسير في المداواة والتدبير Ibn Zuhr, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-ʻAlāʼ ابن زهر، عبد الملك بن أبي العلاء
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:53v, 53ar:53av, 54r:121v, 121ar:121av, 122r:234v, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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Reference: Or 9128
Title: Kitāb al-taysīr fī al-mudāwāt wa-al-tadbīr كتاب التيسير في المداواة والتدبير Ibn Zuhr, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-ʻAlāʼ ابن زهر، عبد الملك بن أبي العلاء
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1r:53v, 53ar:53av, 54r:121v, 121ar:121av, 122r:234v, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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