Collection of medical extracts and prescriptions

Title:

Collection of medical extracts and prescriptions

Date:

1227/1228

Description:

This collection begins (ff. 129v-163v) with prescriptions similar in style and format to those of the Aqrābādhīnof Ibn al-Tilmīdh, and at least one is said to have been chosen by Ibn al-Tilmīdh (اختاره أمين الدولة; f. 151v, line 3). Next is a ‘selection from Galen’s Substitutions[مختار من أبدال جالينوس; f. 164r-165v]’, i.e. from the pseudo-Galenic treatise on substitute drugs known as De succedaneis liber(see Fichtner, Corpus Galenicum, p. 79, Item 133). This selection from pseudo-Galen is said to have been ‘copied from the great Amīn al-Dawlah’s [i.e. Ibn al-Tilmīdh’s] own handwriting [منقول من خطّ الأجلّ أمين الدولة; f. 164, line3]’. The collection ends with a discussion of substitute drugs by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā’ al-Rāzī (ff. 165v-170r).Begins (f. 129v, lines 2-6):دهن القسطيسقى فينفع من برد (؟) الأعضاء وخصوصًاالكبد والمعدة ويفتح السدد ويشدالعصب ويقويه ويحسن اللون ويحفظالشعرEnds (f. 170r, lines 5-8):... بدل عصارةطراثيث عصارة القرظ. بدل الشيبار مصطكا وصبر أو يقتع (؟) الصبربدل أقرصة الورد ماء الرازبانج والكرفس مع عسل مادي. بدلجلنجين عسل مادي مع رازبانجColophon (f. 170r, lines 9-11):تم الكتاب بحمد الله وعونه وتوفيقهوصلى الله على سيدنا محمد النبي وصحبه وأله وعترتهالطاهرين وسلم تسليمًاff. 129v-170rMaterial: PaperDimensions: 200 x 146 mm leaf [141 x 91 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cmScript: Very clear, well pointed and vocalised naskh; the scribe was ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ḤalabīInk: Black ink, with rubricated headingsDecoration: Title page (f. 2a), title and author information in cloud bands in box with gold borders, on background of blue with foliate arabesque design partially shaded in red; below and to the left of this is a similar, but less ornate, box containing information relating to the scribeBinding: Ottoman (?) binding in red leather with blind-tolled borders, medallion and pendants; no envelope flapCondition: light waterstains, some foxing, and a notable amount bleed-through of black inkMarginalia: Frequent marginalia by more than one handSeals: See ff. 1r, 2r, 3r, 170r

Language:

Arabic

Type:

Manuscript item

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Medicine, Arab
Medicine, Medieval
Pharmacology

Extent:

ff. 129v-170r

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100023483503.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100023483503.0x000002_en
Or 8293, ff 129v-170r

Is part of:

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

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