Hāẕā Kitāb-i Tuḥfah-ʼi khānī fī al-ṭibb

Title:

Hāẕā Kitāb-i Tuḥfah-ʼi khānī fī al-ṭibb
هذا کتاب تحفۀ خاني في الطب،

Alternative title:

طب خانی
تحفه خانی
تحفۀ خاني
كتاب تحفۀ خاني
هذا كتاب تحفه خاني في الطب

Creator:

Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Maḥmūd Nūr Allāh
محمود بن محمد عبد الله بن عبيد الله بن محمود نور الله

Date:

[17--?]

Description:

Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, hand, etc. would suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "42" in pencil on front flyleaf.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1057Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible on spine) ; present pastedowns and flyleaves (as well as lining of envelope flap) in marbled paper (blue, lavender, yellow and pink) ; upper and lower cover carry gold-stamped mandorla (gold applied to orange onlays, scalloped and filled with floral composition), as well as gold-painted border of rules, rosettes and accent strokes (frame lightly stamped with geometric design) ; design continues on flap ; sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in purple and white, primaries / tie downs also in white, quite good condition ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, losses of gold, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persianate) laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, some curving and sagging) and faint traces of chain lines only occasionally visible ; somewhat cloudy formation with inclusions and clumps of fiber visible ; well-burnished to glossy and likely surface sized, thin and crisp though sturdy, medium beige in color ; slip of lavender wove paper interleaved between fol.1-2, presumably to protect illuminated headpiece.Decoration: Added illuminated titlepiece in gold and blue on fol.1a ; elegant and finely executed illuminated headpiece at opening on fol.1b consisting of w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal designs in gold outlined in orange on a blue ground set off by delicate floral accents in blue, white, pink, lavender, red and orange, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and set in a well of gold and black interlace flanked by orange and white bands with contrasting red and blue crosses ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by frame consisting of a gold band outlined in black fillets ; keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; chiefly an elegant Persianate hand in a thin line ; small, characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline ; elongation and slight contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes ; elegant shaqq / sar-kash (gently curving upward) on even final kāf ; pointing in distinct dots, though somewhat casual with occasional dots omitted ; point of final and free-standing nūn set down at center of somewhat narrow, angled bowl ; ʻalāmat ihmāl of three dots regularly appears under sīn.Layout: Written mainly in 19 lines per page (single column) ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 11 IV(88), 3 III(106), 3 IV(130), III (136), 3 IV(160), III (166), 4 IV(198), III (204), 2 IV(220), III+1 (227), III (233), IV (241), I (243), 2 III(255), III+1 (262), 6 III(298), IV (306), 3 III(324), I (326), ii ; chiefly quaternions and ternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Dedication: As appears in opening matter on fol.3b, composed for Sulṭān Saʻīd Bahādur Khān (سلطان سعيد بهادر خان).Incipit: "فهرست قسم علمى از كتاب تحفه خانى مصنف حضرت ايشان سلمه الله و ابقاه [ابغاه] برءوس [رؤوس] العالمين الى يوم الدين باب اول در بيان قسم علمى كتاب و اين باب مشتمل بر نود و سه مقاله است ... الحمد لله الذى خلق الانسان فى احسن تقويم و هو يحيى العظام و هى رميم و الصلوة والسلام على حبيبه ونبيه شفى آلام الضلاله و اسقام الجهالة و على اله و اصحابه هم الهادين الى طريق الحق و سبيل الداله اما بعد عرض مدارد راقم اين سواد حقير قليل البضاعه محمود بن محمد عبد الله بن محمود نور الله انار الله مضاجعه كه جون در اوان شباب بواسطه كثرت طريان بعضى امراض مراين ضعيف را ..."Title from illuminated titlepiece (chrysographed inscription set off by blue and gold cloudbands) on fol.1a (‘title page’).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a Persian medical treatise by Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Maḥmūd Nūr Allāh (fl. 15th century), followed by an appendix (ẕayl, cf. fol.283 to close). Compare Kitābkhānah-i Millī no.2876, Fihrist-i nusakh-i khaṭṭī-i Kitābkhānah-i Millī (Iran), v.6, pp.553-4.

Language:

Persian

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Manuscripts, Persian
Materia medica Early works to 1800.
Pharmacopoeias Early works to 1800.
Traditional medicine Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Medicine, Persian Early works to 1800.

Extent:

326 leaves : paper ; 245 x 150 (166 x 77) mm bound to 245 x 153 mm.

Rights:

Public Domain

Format:

Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print

Same as:

https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/102137754

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