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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
411
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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Oriental |
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Dimensions :
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115x180 (75x120) |
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Folios:
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201 |
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Quires:
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not possible to identify |
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Lines :
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13 |
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Script :
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naskh |
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Pace :
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lines: 13; Density: 100; Ratio: 1:2; Alef angle: 95; Kaf angle: 30 |
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Binding:
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Leather with tooling. Christian type. |
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Numeration:
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pages are numbered with Arabic numerals |
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Catchwords:
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+ |
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State of preservation:
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Good |
Description of hands
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Copyist name (transliterated):
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Ya`qūb al-H̱ūrī Ibr?hīm
Abī Ǧawda (from Ġ?bat Barm?n?) |
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Copyist name (Arabic):
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يعقوب ال?خورى ابراهيم ابي جوده
(من غابة برمانا) |
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Copy date (Christian):
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21 Tišrīn I (October) 1858 |
History of manuscript
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Provenance:
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known owners: Impossible to establish since the first folios have
been torn away (the book was obviously stolen) . |
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Acquisition:
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Sotheby's lot 468 (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 (ophthalmology) |
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Title transliterated:
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Taḏkirat
al-Kaḥḥ?līn |
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Title:
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A Memorandum for Oculists |
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Title (Arabic):
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تذكيرة ال?كحالين |
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Author:
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Šaraf ad-Dīn `Alī
b. `Īs? al-Kaḥḥ?l |
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Author (Arabic):
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شر? ال?دين على بن عيسى ال?كحال |
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Bibliographic information:
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Ullmann Medizin p. 208; Ḥadd?d/Biesterfeld no. 20
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