Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldA copy of al-Kitāb al-Manṣūrī fī al-ṭibb (The Book on Medicine for al-Manṣūr) by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyāʾ al-Rāzī (known to Europeans as Rhazes), who died ca. 313 AH/925 CE in Rayy, near modern Tehran. This is a general medical compendium in ten books, dedicated to the governor of Rayy, the Sāmānid prince Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Manṣūr ibn Isḥāq.Colophon.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldThis is a comprehensive general medical encyclopaedia writen by the Damascene physician Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 687AH/1288 CE). Although it was projected by the author to encompass three hundred volumes when completed with each volume consisting of approximately ninety-five leaves, according to the biographical sources, only eighty of the volumes were competed, of which only fragments survive.The colophon tells us that the copy was completed 11 Rabī’ I 687 AH 15 Apr. 1288 CE by ’Alī ibn Ibrahīm known as al-Ra’īm, in the same year in which the author died on 21 Dhū al-Qa’dah 687AH 17 Dec. 1288 CE.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate Worldal-Kutub al-mi’ah fī al-ṣinā’ah al-ṭibbīyah (The Hundred Books on the Medical Art)
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldRecord origin: "Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team."1 copy of al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-ḥikmah wa-al-manṭiq by Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 50-1210.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 9th cent., al-Riyāsah fī ʻilm al-firāsah (ff. 5a-156a). Anonymous, A treatise on hunting (ff. 156b-168a).Record origin: "Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team."2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Physiognomy and Hunting.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldJābir (Geber) is usually considered the father of Arabic alchemy, though mystery surrounds his identity and the origin of the vast corpus of writings to which his name was already attached by the second half of the 10th century CE. The Riyāḍis a technical work dealing with chemical processes.Leaf.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldBook 2 of the Shifā. Book 2 and 4 is devoted to physics (al-ṭabi’īyāt), i.e. natural philosophy, and Section 6 (Kitāb al-nafs) deals with the soul.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldRecord origin: "Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team."1 copy of al-Tabṣirah fī al-hurūb by Ṭarsūsī, Marḍī ibn ʻAlī, d. 1193.