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Abstract

This manuscript is a copy of the commentary by Muḥāmmad al-Aqsarāʾī (d. 779 AH / 1378 CE), entitled Ḥall al-Mūjiz, on the abridgment of Avicenna’s Canon of medicine (al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb) by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 687 AH / 1288 CE). Written in 969 AH / 1561 CE by Khalīl Allāh Isfarāyinī, this scholarly codex contains numerous marginal and interlinear glosses and corrections.

Hand note

Written in nastaʿlīq script in black and red ink; rubricated words not always supplied

Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Cataloger: Landau, Amy

Cataloger: Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Contributor: Barrera, Christina

Contributor: Emery, Doug

Contributor: Herbert, Lynley

Contributor: Noel, William

Contributor: Simpson, Shreve

Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel

Contributor: Toth, Michael B.

Contributor: Valle, Chiara

Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie

Conservator: Quandt, Abigail

Bibliography

Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (New York; Köln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 1: 598, S1: 825.


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Keywords
Arabic
Colophon
Iran
Islamic
Science -- Medicine

Origin Place

Iran

Date

9 Rabīʿ I 969 AH / 1561 CE

Form

book

Binding

Non-original Binding

Binding Description

Re-backed brown leather (no flap)

Language

The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.

Provenance

Ownership statement: Muḥammad Ṣādiq

Ownership statement, plus seal: Muḥammad Shafiʿ al-Ṭabīb

Private seal: ʿAbd Allāh Mālṭī al-Ṭabīb

Ownership statement, plus seal dated [1]144 AH: ʿAbbās Wasīm

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

← search Commentary on an abridgment of the Canon of medicine W.588

Origin Place

Iran

Date

9 Rabīʿ I 969 AH / 1561 CE

Form

book

Language

The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.

Provenance

Ownership statement: Muḥammad Ṣādiq

Ownership statement, plus seal: Muḥammad Shafiʿ al-Ṭabīb

Private seal: ʿAbd Allāh Mālṭī al-Ṭabīb

Ownership statement, plus seal dated [1]144 AH: ʿAbbās Wasīm

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

This manuscript is a copy of the commentary by Muḥāmmad al-Aqsarāʾī (d. 779 AH / 1378 CE), entitled Ḥall al-Mūjiz, on the abridgment of Avicenna’s Canon of medicine (al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb) by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 687 AH / 1288 CE). Written in 969 AH / 1561 CE by Khalīl Allāh Isfarāyinī, this scholarly codex contains numerous marginal and interlinear glosses and corrections.

Hand note

Written in nastaʿlīq script in black and red ink; rubricated words not always supplied

References

Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Cataloger: Landau, Amy

Cataloger: Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Contributor: Barrera, Christina

Contributor: Emery, Doug

Contributor: Herbert, Lynley

Contributor: Noel, William

Contributor: Simpson, Shreve

Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel

Contributor: Toth, Michael B.

Contributor: Valle, Chiara

Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie

Conservator: Quandt, Abigail

Bibliography

Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (New York; Köln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 1: 598, S1: 825.


Bindings & Oddities

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Upper board outside

Lower board outside

Spine

Fore-edge

Head

Tail

Keywords
Arabic
Colophon
Iran
Islamic
Science -- Medicine
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