Three treatises on natural philosophy and medicine

Content

(1) Sākhīyūs al-Qass (ساخيوس القس), Tafsīr kitāb al-ʿilal (تفسير كتاب العلل; ff. 2v-170r);

(2) Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا), Risālah fī tadbīr safar al-ḥajj (رسالة في تدبير سفر الحج; ff. 171v-185v);

(3) Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا), Kitāb fī ʿilal al-shaʿr (كتاب في علل الشعر; ff. 186v-194r).

There is a gap on the foliation so that f. 100 is followed by f. 110, and there is an unfoliated leaf between ff. 138 and 139.

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+194+i

It is grouped into

Tafsīr kitāb al-ʿilal تفسير كتاب العلل Sākhīyūs al-Qass ساخيوس القس

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Ref: Add MS 7527, ff 2v-170r

Risālah fī tadbīr safar al-ḥajj رسالة في تدبير سفر الحج Qusṭā ibn Lūqā قسطا بن لوقا

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Ref: Add MS 7527, ff 171v-185v

Kitāb fī ʿilal al-shaʿr كتاب في علل الشعر Qusṭā ibn Lūqā قسطا بن لوقا

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Ref: Add MS 7527, ff 186v-194r

Physical characteristics

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 180 x 90 mm leaf [120 x 45 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: No ruling visible; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 16 lines per 10 cm

Script: Naskh ; the scribe is Ibn Muḥammad Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad Shafī‘ al-Kirmānī (ابن محمد جعفر بن محمد شفيع الكرماني, see f. 170r, lines 20-23)

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red

Decoration: Edges dyed yellow

Binding: British Museum half-leather binding

Condition: Ff. 1-73 and 188-94 mutilated in upper edge corner and repaired (worse towards beginning of volume)

Marginalia: Very few

Seals: ff. 170r and 194r

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Add MS 7527

History of this record

Date(s)

1097 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Provenance

Ibn Muḥammad Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad Shafī‘ al-Kirmānī (ابن محمد جعفر بن محمد شفيع الكرماني): his seal, dated 1097/1685-6 (f. 170r);

Semi-legible seal, without date (f. 194r).

Immediate source of acquisition

Purchased from Mary Rich (née Mackintosh), widow of Claudius James Rich (1786-1821), Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Baghdad (1808-21), 25 March 1825

Related material

Finding aids

• Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 424, pp. 203-04
• Hamarneh, Sami, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library (Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Items 14, 57 and 58, pp. 14-15 and 51

Select Bibliography

Thompson, J.R. Fawcett, 'The Rich Manuscripts', The British Museum Quarterly 27.1/2 (1963) pp. 18-23

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