Harawī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, active 16th century هروي، محمد بن يوسف، active 16th century
Published / Created:
1601.
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic 2
Image Count:
502
Alternative Title:
Baḥr al-jawāhir, Jawāhir al-lughah fī lughat al-ṭibb, بحر الجواهر, and جواهر اللغة في لغات الطب
Description:
Manuscript., Arabic., No title page; title taken from fol. 2a., Author's name given on fol. 1b., "Tamma taḥrīruhu ʻalá yad ... Muhammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb al-Harawī fī yawm al-tāsiʻ min Shawwāl sanat arbaʻ wa-ʻishrīn wa-tisʻimiʼah [14 October 1518] ... Waqaʻa al-farāgh min tanmīqihi ... fī yawm al-Arbiʻāʼ al-thāmin ʻashar min shahr Dhī al-Ḥijjah al-ḥarām sanat tisʻ wa-alf [20 June 1601] ...Muḥarriruh ... Amīn al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Ṭabīb al-Kāshānī ... "--Colophon., Clear, medium size naskh (12 x 18.2 cm)., Alphabetical arrangement, lamenata in red. Light brown and glazed laid paper. Modern leather binding., Gift of Harvey Cushing., Title on fol. 1a: Jawāhir al-lughah fī lughat al-ṭibb (written in a different hand)., Caption title on fol. 1b in a different hand: Baḥr al-jawāhir lil-Imām al-Damīrī., Medical dictionary arranged alphabetically, covering anatomical and pathological terms and concepts, and medicinal substances., and Digital version available;
Manuscript., Arabic., Date of copying 939 H/1532 or 1533 M (but more likely 12/18 cent.), In neat, medium size naskh; 10.5x18.5 cm.; the written surface measures 6.5x13 cm., 17 lines per page. Paper is brittle, light brown with some glazing., and "Tammat al-maqālah al-thālithah min Kitāb Jālinūs fī ʻamal al-tashrīḥ"--Colophon.
Majūsī, ʻAlī ibn al-ʻAbbās, active 10th century-11th century مجوسي، علي بن عباس، active 10th century-11th century
Published / Created:
1437?]
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic 4
Image Count:
1008
Alternative Title:
Kāmil al-ṣināʻah al-ṭibbīyah 880-02, Malakī, كامل الصناعة الطبية 240-02/(3/r, and ملكي
Description:
Manuscript., Arabic., Date in colophon, 841 H. (1437 or 1438 M.), is questionable. It is added at the end of the text in a different hand., Copied in clear small naskh. 17 x 27 cm. The written surface measures 10.7 x 19.7 cm. Text ruled with blue and gold lines. 29 lines per page. Catchwords on bottom of page. Headings and other catchwords in red. Laid paper is light brown and glazed. The leather binding has no flap. Consists of 2 juzʼ each of which consists of 10 maqālah. Table of contents precedes the text., Gift of Harvey Cushing in 1939, who acquired it from Saʻd̄ Kurdustānī (Correspondence included in ms.)., and Digital version available;
Anṭākī, Dāʾūd ibn ʻUmar, -1599 أنطاكي، داؤد بن عمر، -1599
Published / Created:
1081 [1670]
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic 18
Image Count:
342
Alternative Title:
Nuzhah al-mubhijah fi tashḥīdh al-adhhān wa-taʻdīl al-amzijah 880-02 and نزهة المبهجة في تشحيذ الأذهان وتعديل الأمزجة 240-02/(3/r
Description:
Manuscript., Arabic., In neat, small naskh. The 164 folios measure 15x23 cm. The written surface measure 9x17.5 cm., 24 lines to page; few marginalia; the catchwords on bottom of page are sometimes cropped; the paper is beige and glazed. Leather binding of European origin., and "Ākhir mā wujida fī nuskhat al-muṣannif. Wa-qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min hādhihi al-nuskhah al-sharīfah fī yawm al-Aḥad, sādis ʻishrīn shahr Rajab al-Murjib, min shuhur sanat iḥdá wa-thamānīn baʻda al-alf min al-Hijrah al-Madanīyah, ʻalá muhājirihā alf alf taḥīyah wa-al-salām, ʻalá yad al-ʻabd Muḥammad Ṭāhir al-Aṣfahānī"--Colophon.
Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, -901 ثابت بن قرة الحراني، -901
Published / Created:
15--?]
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic 1
Image Count:
542
Alternative Title:
Dhakhīrah 880-02 and ذخيرة 240-02/(3/r
Description:
No title page. Title from fol. 1b, Manuscript., Arabic., Neat medium size naskh, 15 x 25.5 cm. Written surface: 8 x 17.5 cm. Some interlinear and marginal corrections. Catchwords on bottom of page. Off-white paper is glazed. Leather binding flap is blind stamped. Contains 31 chapters, starting with hygiene and ending with sexual intercourse., Gift of Harvey Cushing., and Bound with: Sharḥ Urjūzat Ibn Sīnā fī al-ṭibb / li-Abī al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Rushd.
Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. 1597 880-02 and قانون في الطب. 1597 240-02/(3/r
Description:
"Istaktabahu al-faqīr ilá mawlāhu ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Quṭbī [?] al-Ḥanafī ghafar [...] sanat 1006"--T.p., "Tamma al-juzʼ al-thānī min Kitāb al-Qānūn. Wa-bi-tamāmihi tammat al-kutub al-khamsah al-mushtamilah ʻalá al-Qānūn wa-dhalika fī al-ʻishr al-awsaṭ min Ṣafar min sanat sanat ithnayn wa-tisʻīn wa-sitimiʼah [25 January 1293] ... Wa-kāna al-farāgh min kitābat hādhihi al-naskhah al-mubārakah fī awāʼil shahr Rabīʻ al-Awwal sanat sitt baʻda al-alf [13 October 1597] ..."--Colophon., Two leaves of notes in Arabic and Persian at end., Copied in medium sized naskhi script, 21.5 x 31 cm. Writing surface 14.7 x 22.5 cm. Text is gilt ruled 39 lines to page. Catchwords and headings in red, blue and gold. The leather binding is gilt stamped., and Gift of Harvey Cushing, July 30 1929. Purchased from Dr. Saʻīd Kurdustānī.
Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ʻĪsá, -1100 ابن جزلة، يحيى بن عيسى، -1100
Published / Created:
15--?]
Call Number:
Manuscript Arabic 11
Image Count:
192
Alternative Title:
Taqwīm al-abdān fī tadbīr al-insān 880-02 and تقويم الأبدان في تدبير الإنسان 240-02/(3/r
Description:
Arabic., Manuscript., Theraputics in form of tables copied ca. 10th cent. H./16th CE in clear naskh and nastaʻlīq in medium size and large thulth in headings; measures 20.5x28 cm.; written surface 18x25; 27 lines per page; laid paper is beige and lightly glazed; some text loss on lower right side fols. 80 to end; damp stained title page pasted over. Cardboard binding; Ref. GAL I 485; 8 # 1; Ullmann, Medizin p. 160. Provenance: Cushing Arabic Ms. 11., and Digital version available;
Unidentified work on therapeutics, copied by Muḥammad ibn Ṣāfī, at the end of Ṣafar, 1069 H./26 November 1658; 9.5 cm. w., 18.5 cm. h.; written surface measures 5 x 12.5 cm.; ca. 16 lines per page; marginalia, catchwords on bottom of page; laid paper is light brown; the leather binding without flap is blind tooled. Incipit: al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī jamaʻ bayna al-laṭīf wa-al-kathīf wa-aqāma la-nā mawāddan min al-aghdhiyah wa-al-hwiyah wa-al-asqiyah wa-al-adwiyah ... Provenance: Cushing, Arabic Ms. 12/1., Arabic., Manuscript., and With 5 other mss. 1. al-Adwiyah al-mawjūdah fī kull makān / by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī, copied in Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1069 H./Nov.-Dec., 1658 by Muḥammad ibn Ṣāfī; 39 leaves; 14 lines per page. Ref. Ulmann, Medizin, p. 266. Provenance: Cushing, Arabic Ms. 12/2. 2. Risālat Shifāʾ ʻājil / by Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad Ṭabīb. 43 leaves, 15 lines per page; catchwords on bottom of page; Ref. GAL S II 1028; NjP (Mach-Ormsby 1365). Dharīʻah and Mach-Ormsby have the auhave the author Ṣadr al-Dīn ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Jīlānī. Provenance: Cushing Arabic Ms. 12/3. 3. Risālah-i Jūrīyah / by Ibn Sīnā; in Persian; 7 leaves; some marginalia; catchwords on bottom of page; Ref. Ullmann, Medizin, p. 336. Provenance: Cushing Arabic ms. 12/4. 4. Jāmiʻ al-fawāʾid / by Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad al-Yūsufī; copied in 1067 H/1656-1657; 80 leaves; 15 lines per page; catchwords on bottom of page; in Persian; Ref. Storey II 237 # 408 (6). Richter-Bernburg 61. Provenance: Cushing Arabic Ms. 12/5. 5. Taqwīm al-abdān fī tadbīr al-insān / by Yaḥyá ibn ʻĪsá ibn Jazlah; 21 leaves; in Persian; in form of tables. Provenance: Cushing Arabic Ms. 12/6.
Untitled medical text in nestaʻlīq script. 463 folios, 26x16 cm., 9 lines per page. Written surface measures 8.5x15 cm. Main text in Arabic, some notes in Persian. The manuscript is difficult to date since the colophon is missing. Old read leather binding with some pieces replaced at some time in the past and colored to match. Author unknown. The introduction states that the treatise consists of four chapters: (1) On the basic principles of classification of medical sciences; (2) On medication and nutrition; (3) On diseases that infect certain body parts; and (4) On diseases that infect other body parts. A printed note, probably clipped from an old catalog, is mounted on the last blank page states: "A very fine and unpublished Persian [sic] manuscript on medicine in red leather binding of 17th century." It is certainly in nice condition, but we cannot vouch for "unpublished" or "17th century.", "Baʻda ḥamd Allāh ʻazza wa-jall ... fa-qad rattabtu hādhā al-kitāb ʻalá arbaʻat funūn ...", Manuscript., Arabic., and Digital version available;
Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. Selections 880-02, Qānūn fī ḥadd al-ṭibb, قانون في الطب. مختارات 240-02/(3/r, and قانون في حد الطب
Description:
Covers book 1 and 2 only. Book 2 misbound before book 1 (121, 121 leaves). Copied in various naskh hands. The date probably 1226 H/1811 M. The written surface measures 13.5x21 cm. Some marginalia. Contains dozen or so crude drawings in the margin. The paper is light brown and glazed. Some loss of text. The leather binding had no flap., Manuscript., Arabic., and Gift of Harvey Cushing. Purchased from Dr. Saʻīd Kurdustānī.