Item Summary

A medical handbook.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب غايت البيان في الطب / تأليف الفقير الحقير صالح افندي مرحوم.
Transliterated Title
Kitab-i Gayet ül-beyan fi it-tıp / telif el-fakir el-hakir Salih Efendi merhum.
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1181Hq
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dckp78gv43z
Publisher
[1699]
Date Created
1699
Extent
100 leaves : paper ; 288 x 178 (214 x 114) mm bound to 290 x 185 mm.
Provenance
An inscription in the name of Abduh Süleyman Efendi, dated the first of Muḥarram 1167 (1753), on fol. 1a. Ownership statement in the name of Şanizade Mehmet Ataullah, dated 1206 (1791-92), on fol. 1a. Inscription on fol. 98b mentioning Hurî Efendi el-merhum, with the date 1161 (1748).
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Moghadam, M., 170.
Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, XIII, 5 (188).
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1a.
Layout: 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red ; opening spread frame-ruled in gold (fol. 1b-2a).
Description: Written in a medium script in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Glazed paper with watermarks (triple crescent and a crown with crescent on the top).
Incipit: جواهر زواهر حمد وثنا اول واجب الوجوده ومفيض الخير والجوده صانع عالم ودافع امراض بنى آدم
Explicit: اولادى اولمغه سبب اولور وخاتونلر دخى بو منوال اوزرينه استعمال ايده لر حامله اولماغه سبب اولوب حامله اوله لر باذن الله تعالى
Binding Note
Brown leather with two gold fillets around the cover edges and and a central mesh pattern in a diamond shape, with radiating sprigs around the edges and two fillets along the vertical axis.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
206

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7ea50e92-87d2-4b3c-84d9-301949a17b25/manifest