Four treatises on pharmacopoeia, cookery and craft techniques
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Four treatises on pharmacopoeia, cookery and craft techniques
- Date:
- 1400/1599
- Description:
- Ṣināʿat al-yad(صناعة اليد, ff. 1r-67v, defective at beginning);Anonymous treatise on pharmacopoeia (ff 68r-100r, defective at beginning and end);Anonymous treatise on cookery (ff. 101r-204v, defective at end);Anonymous treatise on craft techniques (ff. 205r-217v, defective at end).Codex; ff. i+209+i (plus five unfoliated leaves after ff. 11, 34, 208 and 217)Material: Western laid paper, with watermark in the shape of a hand (see e.g. f. 67)Dimensions: 275 x 170 mm leaf [200 x 130 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: Misṭara; 31 lines per page; vertical spacing 16 lines per 10 cmScript: MaghribīInk: Brown ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redDecoration: NoneBinding: British Museum half-leather bindingCondition: Defective at beginning and end; tidemarks at head and tail, ff. 1-27, 100 and 188 mutilated and repaired; some iron-gall ink corrosion repairedMarginalia: Few by more than one handSeals: None
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type:
- Manuscript
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Extent:
- Codex; ff. i+209+i (plus five unfoliated leaves after ff. 11, 34, 208 and 217)
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100061394924.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100061394924.0x000001_en
Or 5927 - Is part of:
- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts