Item Summary

A fragmentary commentary on the medical work Mūjaz al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb, an abridgement of Ibn Sīnā's Qānūn. The commentary is perhaps that of Abū al-Mubārak Muḥammad, who flourished ca. 925 [1519].

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب شرح ومحاكمة الطب.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb sharḥ wa-muḥākamat al-ṭibb.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 183L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc7d279610w
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1400-1799
Extent
166 leaves : paper ; 261 x 175 (185-195 x 110) mm bound to 263 x 180 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1091.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6279.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from later page (fol. [i]a).
Marginal notes. MS incomplete at beginning and end.
Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 166 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 29 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition.
Incipit: ... المکان فکان احمد بسايطه او غيره والثاني بط اذلا مكان للمركب غير مكان بسايطه ...
Ending: ... وغسله بماء وملح وليکن التبريد في الصفراوي اکثر و
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and cornerpieces and decorative blind-tooled edging. Green paper pastedowns. Multi-colored endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
344

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/92dd7b73-8aa1-4dca-aec2-f9b8b1289bbc/manifest