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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
412
Contents of this record
Codicological description
Physical description
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Ink:
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black, headings and dividers are highlighted in red |
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Paper:
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Oriental |
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Dimensions :
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115 x 168 (100 x 150) |
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Folios:
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01+69+001 |
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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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16 |
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Script :
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naskh |
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Pace :
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lines: 16; Density: 190; Ratio: 1:1; Alef angle: 95; Kaf angle: 45 |
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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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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 (approximate):
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17th cent. |
History of manuscript
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Provenance:
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known owners: 1. Muḥammad Amīn Asṭurl?bī, 2.
S?mī Ibr?hīm Ḥadd?d (1986). |
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Acquisition:
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Sotheby's lot 469 (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 Tafsīr
al-`Aq?qīr wa-Badalih? |
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Title:
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Book of Explanation of the Drugs and their
Substitutes |
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Title (Arabic):
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كتاب ت?سير ال?عقاقير وبدلها |
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Author:
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Abū al-Q?sim H̱alaf b. `Abb?s
az-Zahr?wī |
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Author (Arabic):
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ابو ال?قاسم خل? ابن ال?عبّاس ال?زهراوي |
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Bibliographic information:
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Ullmann Medizin p. 149, 271, Ḥadd?d/Biesterfeld no. 21
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