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Kitāb mā lā yasaʿ al-ṭabīb jahluhu كتاب ما لا يسع الطبيب جهله Kutubī, Yūsuf ibn Ismāʿīl كتبي، يوسف بن إسماعيل [145r] (298/686)
The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+336+ii. It was created in 15th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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Treatise on materia medica arranged in alphabetical order by Yūsuf ibn Ismā‘īl ibn Ilyās al-Khūwaīyī al-Baghdādī al-Kutubī (يوسف بن إسماعيل بن إلياس الخويي البغدادي الكتبي, d. 1353), and based on the Comprehensive Book on Simple Drugs and Foods (جامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية) by Ibn al-Bayṭār (ابن البيطار, d. 1248, see f. 2r, line 28ff, partially mutilated).
The composition of the text was completed at Damascus on 15 Jumādá I 711/29 September 1311 (see Ullmann, 1970, p. 285, as the end of the text is mutilated in this copy, and the author's colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. is missing).
According to the title page, the scribe of this copy is Ibn al-Maylaṭ (ابن المَيلَط, see f. 1r).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-4):
الحمد لله الذي لا تكتنه حقيقة معرفته العلوم والأفهام ولا يحيط بكنه
ذاته العقول والأوهام ابتدع الأجرام العلوية وزينها بأجمل مورة
Ends (f. 336r, lines 12-17, defective at end):
يلنجوج اسم عربي للعود الهندي وهو عود البخورة ...
يمام اسم للسفتين وقد ذكر في السين
ينبوت هو خرنور ...
وقد ذكر في الخاء
ينتون ...
الجبل ...
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+336+ii
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Material: Eastern laid paper (ff. 51-57, 70-89 and 283-304 are replacements on Western laid paper)
Dimensions: 215 x 145 mm leaf [155 x 85 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil, Eastern Arabic foliation ( quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. signatures?) occasionally visible in extreme upper edge corners of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. folios (e.g. ff. 30r and 121r)
Ruling: No ruling visible; 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 19 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh ; the scribe is Ibn al-Maylaṭ (ابن المَيلَط, see title page, f. 1r)
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red
Decoration: Text frames of double borders in red on ff. 1v-3v
Binding: British Museum binding with marbled paper on both boards
Condition: Ff. 51-57, 70-89 and 283-304 are replacements on Western laid paper; all folios are mutilated towards the tail with loss of text on many folios, extensive mutilation towards tail and edge on ff. 303-336 worse towards end of volume with much loss of text
Marginalia: Annotations by many hands, see especially the long note on f. 40v
Seals: f. 1r
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