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Haddad manuscripts collection
An on-line Catalogue of the Wellcome Arabic Manuscripts
(Al-Haddad Collection)
prepared by Nikolaj Serikoff
Wellcome MS Arabic
403
Contents of this record
Codicological description
Physical description
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Ink:
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black, occasional words are highlighted in violet |
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Paper:
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European |
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Dimensions :
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175 x 225 (14 x 20) |
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Folios:
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16, fols 01~-- 06 and 001~-- 003 are blank |
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Quires:
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not possible to identify |
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Lines :
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25~-- 31 |
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Script :
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naskh with elements of ruq`a |
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Pace :
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lines: 30; Density: 870; Ratio: 1:1,6; Alef angle: 90; Kaf angle: 45 |
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Binding:
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European (cardboard) |
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Numeration:
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pages (not folios) are numbered in Arabic |
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Catchwords:
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are written underneath the text-block |
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State of preservation:
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mediocre |
Description of hands
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Copy date (approximate):
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18th cent. |
History of manuscript
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Provenance:
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known owners: 1. Iskandar al-B?rūdī, 2. H̱?lid
Efendī al-Ḥimṣī 1988 (sic!), 3. S?mī
Ibr?hīm Ḥadd?d (1986). |
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Acquisition:
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Sotheby's lot 522 (22/21.11.85) |
Description of texts
Ms Part no.:1
Ms Part: 1 - Ms item no.1
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Language:
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Arabic |
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Subject:
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Medicine |
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Title transliterated:
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Mas?'il Ṭibbiyya wa-Aǧwiba |
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Title:
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Questions and Answers on Medicine |
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Title (Arabic):
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مسائل طبيه واجوبة |
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Author:
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Ḥunayn b. Isḥ?q (?) |
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Author (Arabic):
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حنين بن اسحاق |
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Bibliographic information:
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Ḥadd?d/Biesterfeld no.8 |
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