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Manuscript
Compendium of medicine
Text title
Vernacular: Ø°Ø®ÙØ±Ù Ø®ÙØ§Ø±Ø²Ø´Ø§ÙÙ
Author
As-written name: Zayn al-DÄ«n IsmÄÊ¿il ibn Ḥasan al-JurjÄnÄ«
Supplied name: Zayn al-DÄ«n al-JurjÄnÄ« (d. 531 AH / 1136 CE)
Name, in vernacular: زÙÙ Ø§ÙØ¯Ù٠اس٠اعÙÙ Ø¨Ù ØØ³Ù Ø§ÙØ¬Ø±Ø¬Ø§ÙÙ
Note: Author name supplied by cataloger
Abstract
This manuscript is a compendium/encyclopedia of medicine entitled áºakhÄ«rah-i KhvÄrazmshÄhÄ«, composed by Zayn al-DÄ«n al-JurjÄnÄ« (d. 531 AH / 1136 CE). It was copied by Muḥammad ibn MaÊ¿rÅ«f ibn Maḥammad al-ZarÄ«r [?] al-KÄzarÅ«nÄ« ShÄ«rÄnÄ« in 889 AH / 1484 CE. The text opens with a double-page illuminated incipit with verses alluding to the title of the work.
Date
22 Rabīʿ II 889 AH / 1484 CE
Scribe
As-written name: Muḥammad ibn MaÊ¿rÅ«f ibn Maḥammad al-ZarÄ«r [?] al-KÄzarÅ«nÄ« ShÄ«rÄnÄ«
Name, in vernacular: Ù ØÙ د ب٠٠عرÙ٠ب٠٠ØÙ د Ø§ÙØ²Ø±Ù[?] اÙÙØ§Ø²Ø±ÙÙÙ Ø´ÙØ±Ø§ÙÙ
Genre
Scientific -- Medical
Language:
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Colophon
fol. 705a:Collation
Catchwords: Written on versos
Dimensions
18.5 cm wide by 30.5 cm high
Written surface
11.5 cm wide by 20.0 cm high
Layout
Contents:
fols. 2b - 705a:Binding
The binding is original.
Red leather (with flap); central ovals and cornerpieces; central motif has an inner element shaped in the form of a diamond; doublures of light brown leather decorated with filigree work, central ovals, and cornerpieces
Provenance
Catch-title and former shelf mark on tail edge: KhvÄrazmshÄhÄ« 2029
Ownership statement (min kutub) and seal: ʿAlī (fol. 1a)
Acquisition
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Bibliography
Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 146(II), 149, 156.
Gacek, Adam. Persian Manuscripts in the Libraries of McGill University: Brief Union Catalogue. (Montreal: McGill University Libraries, 2005), no. 337.
Contributors
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail
Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara
Publisher
The Walters Art Museum
License
Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.
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