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17th Century painting of a doctor taking a woman's pulse

17th Century painting of a doctor taking a woman's pulse.

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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 414

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Codicological description

Physical description

Ink: black, headings and dividers are highlighted in red
Paper: Oriental
Dimensions : 150 x 210 (60 x 145)
Folios: 01+230+001
Quires: due to the binding could not be established exactly.
Lines : 14
Script : nasta`līq
Pace : lines: 14; Density: 170; Ratio: 1:3,3; Alef angle: 85; Kaf angle: 55
Binding: 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
Catchwords: are written underneath the text block
State of preservation: good

Description of hands

Copy date (approximate): 19th cent.

History of manuscript

Seals: +
Provenance: known owners: 1. Makatabt al-`Arab li-l-Bust?nī, 2. S?mī Ibr?hīm Ḥadd?d (1986).
Acquisition: Sotheby's lot 471 (22/21.11.85)


Description of texts

Ms Part no.:1

Ms Part: 1 - Ms item no.1
Language: Arabic
Subject: Medicine
Title transliterated: Kit?b al-Q?nūn fī-ṭ-Ṭibb
Title: Canon
Title (Arabic): كتاب ال?قانون ?ي ال?طبّ
Author: Abū `Alī al-Ḥusayn b. `Abd All?h b. Sīn?
Author (Arabic): ابو على ال?حسين ابن عبد ال?له ابن سينا
Bibliographic information: Ullmann Medizin p. 152, Ḥadd?d/Biesterfeld no. 23


Ms Part no.:2

Ms Part: 1 - Ms item no.1
Language: Persian
Subject: Anatomy
Title transliterated: Bay?n M?hiyat Tašrīḥ-i Bad?n
Title: Explanations about human anatomy
Title (Arabic): بيان ماهيت تشريح بدان
Author: Anonymous
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