Medical compendium
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Medical compendium
- Creator:
- Author: Hippocrates
Author: Yaḥyá ibn 'Īsá Ibn Jazlah - Date:
- 1291/1291
- Description:
- Physical description: Material: PaperDimensions: 155 x 80 mm leaf [128 x 47 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic pagination in black inkRuling: Misṭarah; 23 lines per page; vertical spacing 19 lines per 10 cmScript: NaskhInk: Black ink; headings, titles and occasional text stops in gold; frames in red, blue and gold; illuminations in black, red, blue, green and goldDecoration: Table of contents on title page (f. 1r) illuminated in black, red, blue, green and gold; kufic basmalahilluminated in black, red, blue, green and gold in rectangles spanning tops of ff. 1v and 2r; basmalahilluminated in black, red, blue, green and gold in rectangles at upper margin with foliate indicators in margin towards fore-edge on ff. 21v and 33vBinding: Islamic binding in red leather with envelope flap; blind tooled foliated frame, large corner pieces, medallion and pendants on covers and flap; pastedowns and flyleaves front and back of paper painted bright yellow, varnished and polishedCondition: Moderate damage to leaves due to worms and ink corrosion repaired especially in first half of volumeMarginalia: Owners' notes on title page (f. 1r); very few marginal corrections (e.g. ff. 1v and 23r); one longer not has been preserved during trimming and extends beyond the average leaf dimensions (f. 22v)
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type:
- Manuscript
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Medicine, Arab
Medicine, Medieval
Medicine, Greek and Roman
Pharmacology - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000094.0x00011a_ar
81055/vdc_100000000094.0x00011a_en
Or 9452
Or 9452