al-Mūjiz fī ʿilm al-ṭibb الموجز في علم الطب Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm ابن النفيس، علي بن أبي الحزم
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+179+i. It was created in 6 Rabī‘a I 786. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Epitome by ‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm al-Qurashī, known as Ibn al-Nafīs (علاء الدين علي بن أبي الحزم القرشي المشهور بابن النفيس; 1210 or 1211-1288) of Avicenna's (Ibn Sīnā, ابن سينا; d. 1037) Canon of Medicine (القانون في الطب). This epitome is often known simply as the Mūjiz al-Qānūn (موجز القانون)
The copy was completed by an anonymous scribe at the Madrasah al-Janzīyah (? الجنزية), Sīwās (سيواس), on 6 Rabī‘a I 786/28 April 1384 (see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 179, lines 2-5, transcribed below).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4):
قال العبد الفقير إلى الله التعالى علي بن الحزم القرشي عفا الله عنه
قد دبّرت على أربعة فنون الفن الأول في قواعد جزءي الطب أعني علمية
وعملية بقول كلي الفن الثاني في الأدوية والأغذية المفردة والمركبة
Ends (f. 178v, lines 12-14):
وقد شهد بذلك جماعة وقد عفن كلبٌ كلِب أربعين رجلًا فاكل بعضهم من
كبده وستنكف الباقي من أكلها فمن أكلها لن يمت ومن غاب من أكلها مات
فكان تدبيرهم واحدًا واستعملوا دواء جالينوس وغيره من العلاجات مذكورة
Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 179r, lines 1-9):
تم الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب على يد المقتفر
النحيف عابد بن زاهد عفى الله عنه في مدينة سيواس
عمرها الله تعالى في المدرسة الجنزية (؟) في وقت
الظهر من سادس شهر المبارك ربيع الأول
سنة ست ثمانين وسبعمائة
هجرية نبوية صلى الله عليه
وعلى آله وأصحابه أجميعين حرره
لأجل الولد الأعز عالم الدين رزقه
الله علمًا وعملًا آمين بحق صلعم
- Extent and format
- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+179+i
- Physical characteristics
Material: Paper
Dimensions: 178 x 135 mm leaf [125 x 88 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; eastern Arabic foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah ; 14-16 lines per page; vertical spacing 11-13 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black ink, with rubrics and overlinings in red
Binding: British Museum binding
Condition: All folios guarded, some water damage, some folios ton and repaired
Marginalia: Numerous marginal notations by many hands
Seals: Ff. 1r, 1v (erased), 179r
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- Arabic in Arabic script
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- Manuscript
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- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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- Archive reference
- Or 5659
- Date(s)
- 6 Rabī‘a I 786 (AH, Hijri qamari)
- Context of creation
Madrasah al-Janzīyah (? الجنزية), Sīwās (سيواس; mod. Sivas, Turkey)
- Provenance
- Aḥmad ibn al-marḥūm Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ (أحمد بن المرحوم محمد صالح), his inscription, undated and cancelled (f. 1r);
- ‘Isá ibn al-marḥūm Yūsuf (?) ([عيسى بن المرحوم يوسف [؟) his inscription, undated (f. 1r);
- Seal, illegible (f. 1r);
- Seal, erased (f. 1v);
- ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Alī, his inscription and seal dated 1074 AH/AD 1663-4 (f. 179r).
- Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased from J.J. Naaman, 17 October 1899
- Finding aids
- Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 44
- Hamarneh, Sami, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library (Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 230, pp. 194-95
- Select Bibliography
Editions:
- Ibn al-Nafīs, ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm, al-Mūjiz fī al-ṭibb (al-Qāhirah: Wizārat al-Awqāf, 1986)
- Ibn al-Nafīs, ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm, Kitāb mūji z al-qānūn (Calcutta: The Education Press, 1828)
Study:
- Ullmann, Manfred, Die Medizin im Islam (Leiden: Brill, 1970), p. 173
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