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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
408
Contents of this record
Codicological description
Physical description
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Ink:
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black, red headings |
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Paper:
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European |
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Watermarks:
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Letters B and C (Fol. 234) |
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Dimensions :
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135 x 190 (80 x 150) |
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Folios:
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01 + 228 |
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Quires:
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due to the binding could not be established exactly |
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Lines :
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17 |
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Script :
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naskh |
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Pace :
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lines: 17; Density: 220; Ratio: 1:1; Alef angle: 100; Kaf angle: 15 |
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Binding:
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modern, European type. Leather spine with title of the book, the name
of the author, and of last owner S?mī Ḥadd?d
tooled in gold |
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Numeration:
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pages (not folios) are numbered in Arabic numerals, whereas the
hundreds are indicated in full, i.e. instead of 221 is
written 2021. The last folio bears a wrong number 2026
(should be 2028, i.e. 228) |
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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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good |
Description of hands
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Copy date (Muslim):
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16 Muḥarram 1030 / 11 December 1620 |
History of manuscript
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Seals:
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+ |
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Provenance:
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known owners: 1. Anonymous 1090 AH / 1679~-- 1680 AD (The name is
erased). 2. Luṭfī Ṭabīb Abī Sulaym?n 1214 AH
/ 1799~-- 1800 AD 3. S?mī Ibr?hīm Ḥadd?d (1986). |
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Acquisition:
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Sotheby's lot 465 (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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Kit?b al-Ġin? wa-l-Mun? |
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Title:
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Book of Richness and Desire |
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Title (Arabic):
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كتاب ال?غنى وال?منى |
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Author:
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Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan b. Nūḥ al-Qumrī |
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Author (Arabic):
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ابو منصور ال?حسن بن نوح ال?قمري |
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Bibliographic information:
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Ullmann Medizin p. 147, Ḥadd?d/Biesterfeld no. 17
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