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An abridgment of al-Tadhkirah al-hādiyah, a work on medicine by ʻIzz al-Dīn Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭarkhān al-Suwaydī. Incomplete at end.
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- Publisher
- [17th century?]
- People
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- Related Name
- شعراني، عبد الوهاب بن احمد، approximately 1493-1565 or 1566
- قوصوني، بدر الدين، active 16th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 170L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
An abridgment of al-Tadhkirah al-hādiyah, a work on medicine by ʻIzz al-Dīn Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭarkhān al-Suwaydī. Incomplete at end.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [مختصر التذکرة الهادية].
- Transliterated Title
- [Mukhtaṣar al-Tadhkirah al-hādiyah].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 170L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc3n204b17k
- Publisher
- [17th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1699
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 227 leaves : paper ; 192 x 134 (150 x 70) mm bound to 200 x 140 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1120.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 260.
- Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 1958.
- Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 3003.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Marginal notes. The authorship of this abridgment is not certain. It has been attributed to Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Qūṣūnī and to ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʻrānī. Short astrological inscription followed by a listing of the rising times of zodiac signs (fol. 1a). Selection from "Kitāb al-Mūjaz sharḥ al-Qāhirah" on mummies, and a brief addition labeled "Hādhā al-ruʼyah ʻalá ayyām al-shahr" (fol. 227b).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 227 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 19 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; some paper lightly tinted yellow ; watermarks (coat-of-arms?) ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... استفتح بحمد لله وشكر نعمته ... وبعد فقد جمعت في هذه التذکرة
- Ending: ... تفاح ورقه الاخضر
- Binding Note
- Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and paper. Multi-colored endbands.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 462
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/5415036a-68cf-4ad4-ad4e-b22e5707641f/manifest