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A collection of short medical treatises on ophthalmology. The first treatise is Kitāb li-dawān al-ʻayn.
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- Publisher
- 1270 [1853 or 1854]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 578H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of short medical treatises on ophthalmology. The first treatise is Kitāb li-dawān al-ʻayn.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [مجموعة طبية]
- Transliterated Title
- [Majmūʻah ṭibbīyah]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 578H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc1z40m446w
- Publisher
- 1270 [1853 or 1854]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1853
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 40 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 184 x 120 (150-160 x 100) mm. bound to 183 x 123 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1119.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from heading (fol. 1a).
- A few marginal notes. Text on folios 18b and 19a inverted. Small diagram on fol. 27a.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 40 ; single quire ; foliated in red ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 22-25 lines per page ; frame-ruled with double-red line.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copied 1270 (fol. 40b).
- Incipit: بسم اللهالرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين ولا حولا ولا قوت الا بالله ... فهذا کتاب لدوان [لدواء] العين من كتاب الارشاد احوال العين ...
- Colophon: تمت [تم] الکتاب بعون الملك الوهاب سنة 1270 وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous type III (without flap) binding in paper. Sewing holes present but not currently sewn.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 88
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5618aec7-736d-448a-b7dd-34de1b109421/manifest