Three treatises on natural philosophy and medicine [‎171r] (334/384)

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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+194+i. It was created in 1097. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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(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.

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

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

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Arabic in Arabic script

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Reference: Add MS 7527
Title: Three treatises on natural philosophy and medicine
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:2r, 170v:171r, 186r, 194v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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