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کتاب تقويم الابدان بمداوات الامراض.
[Kitāb Taqwīm al-abdān bi-mudāwāt al-amrāḍ].
1660
A work on medicine giving, in the form of tables modeled after star tables, the causes of diseases and ailments, their symptoms, emergency treatment and regular treatment. The author wrote his work for the ʻAbbāsid caliph al-Muqtadī bi-Amr Allāh 467-487 [1075-1094].
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- Related Name
- مرجان، محمد بن هادي، active 17th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 180L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A work on medicine giving, in the form of tables modeled after star tables, the causes of diseases and ailments, their symptoms, emergency treatment and regular treatment. The author wrote his work for the ʻAbbāsid caliph al-Muqtadī bi-Amr Allāh 467-487 [1075-1094].
Descriptive Information
- Title
- کتاب تقويم الابدان بمداوات الامراض.
- Transliterated Title
- [Kitāb Taqwīm al-abdān bi-mudāwāt al-amrāḍ].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 180L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dctq57p4136
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1660
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 63 leaves : paper ; 235 x 130 (157-183 x 93) mm bound to 234 x 134 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1100.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- A few marginal notes. MS incomplete at the beginning. Label on upper cover: "237 KE".
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 63 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21-43 lines per page ; frame-ruled in black ; alternating pages in table format.
- Description: Tables written with black, green, and red ink ; some paper sprinkled and/or tinted red or yellow ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed 23 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1070 by Muḥammad ibn Hādī Marjān (fol. 63a).
- Beginning: ومعرض لاصحاب السرسم ...
- Colophon: تم هذا الكتاب المبارك بفضل الله تعالى ومنه بخط عبده ... محمد بن هادي مرجان من موالى ال تبيه المصطفى ... وكان الفراغ من رقمه نهار السبب؟ ... ثالث وعشرين من شهر ذى الحجه الحرام سنه 1070 سنه
- Binding Note
- Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding leather and dark paper.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 136
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/729916a0-9b2d-4900-b21b-416d3fde943b/manifest