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<h1><a name="top"></a>Catalogue: Medical Encyclopedias</h1>
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<h2>Encyclopedias</h2>
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<a name="E14"></a><em>Kit&#257;b al-Zubdat al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="ms">(MS A 81)</span></dt>
<dd>(<em>The Quintessence of Medicine</em>)</dd>
<dd><strong>&#1603;&#1578;&#1575;&#1576; &#1586;&#1576;&#1583;&#1577; &#1575;&#1604;&#1591;&#1576;</strong></dd>
<dd>by Ism&#257;&#8216;&#299;l ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7716;</font>usayn <a href="bioJ.html#jurjani">al-Jurj&#257;n&#299;</a> (<a href="glossary.html#d">d.</a> <a href="glossary.html#ca">ca.</a> 1136/531 H)</dd>
<dd><strong>&#1575;&#1587;&#1605;&#1575;&#1593;&#1610;&#1604; &#1576;&#1606; &#1605;&#1581;&#1605;&#1583; &#1575;&#1604;&#1581;&#1587;&#1610;&#1606; &#1575;&#1604;&#1580;&#1585;&#1580;&#1575;&#1606;&#1609;</strong></dd>
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<p class="indent">The <em>Zubdat al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb</em> (<em>The Quintessence of Medicine</em>) is a medical manual in synoptic chart format, written in Arabic. It is divided into two parts (<em>qism</em>s), the first on theoretical medicine in three books: the first book (<em>kit&#257;b</em>) on diagnosis by pulse and urine and the causes and symptoms of disease, in three chapters (<em>maqalah</em>s); the second book on anatomy in two subsections (also called <em>qism</em>s); and the third book on fevers, in seven chapters (<em>juz '</em>). The second part (<em>qism</em>) of the treatise is on the treatment of diseases. </p>
<p class="indent">Not many copies of the treatise appear to be preserved. For other copies, <em>see</em> <a href="abbreviation.html#richter">Richter-Bernburg, "UCLA"</a>, p. 7 note 69; <a href="abbreviation.html#gals"><em>GAL-S</em></a>, vol. 1, p. 889; <a href="abbreviation.html#ullmannM">Ullmann, <em>Medizin</em></a>, p. 161 note 4; and <em>Catalogue of Islamic Medical Manuscripts (in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian) in the Libraries of Turkey</em>, ed. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Istanbul: Research Centre of Islamic History, Art and Culture, 1984), p. 182. <em>see</em> also <a href="abbreviation.html#savage">Savage-Smith, "Bodleian"</a>, MS. Marsh 545 item 2.</p>
<p class="indent"><em>Kit&#257;b al-Zubdat al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb</em> &nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="ms">(MS A 81)</span></p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Illustrations</span></h2>
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<div class="img"><a href="images/a8130a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="images/a8130aThumb.jpg" alt="Folio 30a from al-Jurjānī's Kitāb al-Zubdat al-ṭibb (The Quintessence of Medicine) featuring synoptic charts formed of red lines concerning the anatomy of the upper and lower jaw. The cream lightly-glossed paper is fairly thick and has horizontal laid lines, single chain lines, and is watermarked." title="MS A 81, fol. 30a" /></a>
<div class="desc"><span class="ms">MS A 81, fol. 30a</span>
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<p class="indent">Synoptic charts concerning the anatomy of the upper and lower jaw (<em>fakk</em>), from the second chapter (<em>bab</em>) of the second book (<em>kit&#257;b</em>) of the first part (<em>qism</em>) of <a href="bioJ.html#jurjani">Jurj&#257;n&#299;</a>'s <em>Kit&#257;b al-Zubdat al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb</em> (<em>The Quintessence of Medicine</em>). The copy is undated, possibly late 18th or 19th century.</p>
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<h2><span class="h2blue">Physical Description</span></h2>
<p class="indent">Arabic. 81 <a href="glossary.html#leaves">leaves</a> (fol. 1b-81a). <a href="glossary.html#dimensions">Dimensions</a> 29.7 x 20.5; text area 25.5 x 17 cm. The number of lines varies considerably from <a href="glossary.html#folio">folio</a> to folio, with a few sections running vertically. The title is given in the text (fol. 1b, line 21) as <em>Kit&#257;b al-Zubdat al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb</em>. In the corner of fol. 1a a later hand has written: <em>Dustur al-&#8216;ilaj</em> (<em>The Register of Therapeutics</em>), but then crossed it out. The author's name is given as Ism&#257;&#8216;&#299;l al-Jurj&#257;n&#299; on fol. 76b, line 1.</p>
<p class="indent">The copy is incomplete. The text stops abruptly on fol. 81a, during the discussion of therapy for melancholia. Fols. 75 and 76 are bound upside down; fol. 75 is bound out of order and should follow fol. 76.</p>
<p class="indent">The copy is undated. The appearance of the paper, ink, and script suggests a dating of the 18th or 19th century.</p>
<p class="indent">The copy is written in a medium-small (variable in size) <a href="glossary.html#naskh">naskh</a> script. Black ink with headings in red. The text is written within <a href="glossary.html#frames">frames</a> of doubled red lines, and the charts are formed of red lines. There are <a href="glossary.html#catchword">catchwords</a>. There are some <a href="glossary.html#marginalia">marginalia</a> and textual corrections.</p>
<p class="indent">There is a diagram of cranial sutures on fol. 30a. Nearly the entire treatise is in a diagrammatic format.</p>
<p class="indent">The cream lightly-glossed paper is fairly thick and has horizontal <a href="glossary.html#laid">laid lines</a>, single <a href="glossary.html#chain">chain lines</a>, and is <a href="glossary.html#watermarked">watermarked</a>. The paper is water damaged, and some folios have been repaired. The edges have been trimmed from their original size.</p>
<p class="indent">The volume consists of 81 leaves. Fol. 81b is blank. Fol. 1a is blank except for owner's stamps and signatures and an incorrect title (written in later hand), crossed out.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Binding</span></h2>
<p class="indent">The volume is bound in a modern library binding of <a href="glossary.html#pasteboards">pasteboard</a> covers and <a href="glossary.html#envelope">envelope flap</a>, covered with red leather. There are modern paper <a href="glossary.html#pastedowns">pastedowns</a> and <a href="glossary.html#endpapers">endpapers</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Provenance</span></h2>
<p class="indent">On fol. 1a there are two owners' stamps, with one impressed twice, and an illegible signature. There are also owners' stamps on fol. 1b (different from those on fol. 1a); the ones on fol. 1b are repeated on fols. 2a and 81a.</p>
<p class="indent">The volume was purchased in 1941 by the Army Medical Library, apparently from A.S. Yahuda.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">References</span></h2>
<p class="indent"><a href="abbreviation.html#schullian">Schullian/Sommer</a>, <em>Cat. of incun. &amp; MSS.</em>, p. 324, entry A81.</p>
<p class="psource">NLM Microfilm Reel: FILM 48-127 no. 5</p>
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<a name="E15"></a><em>Aghr&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7693;</font> al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb</em> or <em>al-Aghra<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7693;</font> al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb&#299;yah</em> <span class="ms">&nbsp;&nbsp;(MS P 1.1)</span></dt>
<dd>(<em>Medical Pursuits</em>)</dd>
<dd><strong>&#1603;&#1578;&#1575;&#1576; &#1575;&#1594;&#1585;&#1575;&#1590; &#1575;&#1604;&#1591;&#1576;</strong> / <strong>&#1603;&#1578;&#1575;&#1576; &#1575;&#1604;&#1575;&#1594;&#1585;&#1575;&#1590; &#1575;&#1604;&#1591;&#1576;&#1610;&#1607;</strong></dd>
<dd>by Ism&#257;&#8216;&#299;l ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7716;</font>usayn <a href="bioJ.html#jurjani">al-Jurj&#257;n&#299;</a> (<a href="glossary.html#d">d.</a> <a href="glossary.html#ca">ca.</a> 1136/531 H)</dd>
<dd><strong>&#1575;&#1587;&#1605;&#1575;&#1593;&#1610;&#1604; &#1576;&#1606; &#1605;&#1581;&#1605;&#1583; &#1575;&#1604;&#1581;&#1587;&#1610;&#1606; &#1575;&#1604;&#1580;&#1585;&#1580;&#1575;&#1606;&#1609;</strong></dd>
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<p class="indent">The Persian medical compendium by Jurj&#257;n&#299; called <em>Medical Pursuits</em> (<em>Aghr&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7693;</font> al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb</em> or <em>al-Aghra<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7693;</font> al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb&#299;yah</em>) was composed after his more well-known <em><u>Z</u>akh&#299;rah-i Khv&#257;razm&#8217;Sh&#257;h&#299;</em>. It was intended as an introduction to the art of medicine, rather than a comprehensive encyclopedia of every aspect of the art as had been the intent of the <em><u>Z</u>akh&#299;rah-i Khv&#257;razm&#8217;Sh&#257;h&#299;</em>. It was composed for the minister (Majd al-D&#299;n Ab&#363; Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad Sahib ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad al-Mukhari) to &#8216;Ala' al-D&#299;n Atsiz, the son and successor to Khv&#257;razm&#8217;Sh&#257;h Qutb al-D&#299;n Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad ibn Nushtigin. <em>Medical Pursuits</em> consists of two parts: the first part (<em>bakhsh</em>) is an abridgement of portions of the <em><u>Z</u>akh&#299;rah-i Khv&#257;razm&#8217;Sh&#257;h&#299;</em>, while the second <em>bakhsh</em> consists of 26 sections (<em>guftar</em>s) concerned with the treatment of localized diseases.</p>
<p class="indent">For other copies, <em>see</em> <a href="abbreviation.html#storey2">Storey <em>PL</em> II,2</a>, pp. 209-210; <a href="abbreviation.html#richter">Richter-Bernburg, "UCLA"</a>, p. 19; <a href="abbreviation.html#keshavarzW">Keshavarz, "Wellcome"</a>, p. 107-108; <em>Catalogue of Islamic Medical Manuscripts (in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian) in the Libraries of Turkey</em>, ed. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Istanbul: Research Centre of Islamic History, Art and Culture, 1984), p. 178; and Wilhelm Eilers and Wilhelm Heinz, <em>Persische Handschriften, Teil I</em> [Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, Band XIV,1] (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1968), p. 81 no. 91 and p. 234 no. 301. A facsimile of an extract from MS 4856 in Tehran University Central Library was published in Tehran in 1966 (Intisharat-i Bunyad-i farhang-i Iran 10, &#8216;Ilm dar Iran 3).</p>
<p class="indent"><em>Aghr&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7693;</font> al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ibb</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="ms">(MS P 1.1)</span></p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Illustrations</span></h2>
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<div class="img"><a href="images/p11356a.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="images/p11356aThumb.jpg" alt="Folio 356a from al-Jurjānī's Aghrāḍ al-ṭibb (Medical Pursuits) featuring the colophon. The brown, semi-glossy paper has broad and wavy horizontal laid lines with traces of single chain lines. The text is written in a medium-large shikastah script. Black ink with headings in red and occasional red overlinings." title="MS P 1.1, fol. 356a" /></a>
<div class="desc"><span class="ms">MS P 1.1, fol. 356a</span>
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<p class="indent">The <a href="glossary.html#colophon">colophon</a> from a copy of Jurj&#257;n&#299;'s <em>Medical Pursuits</em> (<em>Aghrad al-tibb</em>) that was copied in 1268 [= 1851-2] by a <a href="glossary.html#scribe">scribe</a> whose name might tentatively be read as R&#257;jah R&#257;mah.</p>
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<h2><span class="h2blue">Physical Description</span></h2>
<p class="indent">Persian. 350 <a href="glossary.html#leaves">leaves</a> (fols. 7b-356a). <a href="glossary.html#dimensions">Dimensions</a> 33 x 18.3; text area 24.3 x 12.5 cm; 19 lines per page. The title is given in the colophon on <a href="glossary.html#folio">folio</a> 356a (line 18 and in the margin) as: <em>Kitab Aghrad al-tibb</em>. A shortened form, <em>Aghrad</em>, occurs in the text at fol. 7a, line 4, and folio 180b, line 15. There is no title page. The author is not named. The treatise corresponds to that of other recorded copies, such as London, Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, MS Pers. 168 (<a href="abbreviation.html#keshavarzW">Keshavarz, "Wellcome"</a>, p. 107) and Marburg, Staatsbibliothek, MS Orient. Fol. 3109, copied in 1334/734 H (Wilhelm Eilers and Wilhelm Heinz, <em>Persische Handschriften, Teil I</em> [Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, Band XIV,1] (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1968), p. 81 no. 91.</p>
<p class="indent">According to the colophon on <a href="#msp1.1">folio</a> 356a the copy was completed in 1268 [= 1851-2] by a scribe possibly named R&#257;jah R&#257;mah, though the reading of that name is highly questionable.</p>
<p class="indent">The text is written in a medium-large <a href="glossary.html#shikastah">shikastah</a> script. Black ink with headings in red and occasional red <a href="glossary.html#overlinings">overlinings</a>. There are <a href="glossary.html#catchword">catchwords</a>.</p>
<p class="indent">There is a tiny diagram of the optic chiasma in the margin of folio 27b.</p>
<p class="indent">The brown, semi-glossy paper has broad and wavy horizontal <a href="glossary.html#laid">laid lines</a> with traces of single <a href="glossary.html#chain">chain lines</a>; no <a href="glossary.html#watermarks">watermarks</a> were detected. The paper is soiled with grime and thumbing, and is waterstained at the upper corner.</p>
<p class="indent">The volume consists of 361 leaves. Fols. 1-6, 7a, 356b, and 357-361 are blank.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Binding</span></h2>
<p class="indent">The volume is bound in a modern library binding of <a href="glossary.html#pasteboards">pasteboards</a> covered with cloth, with a leather spine. There are modern <a href="glossary.html#endpapers">endpapers</a> and <a href="glossary.html#pastedowns">pastedowns</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Provenance</span></h2>
<p class="indent">No information is available on its provenance or when it came into the collections of NLM. It was in the Armed Forces Medical Library by 1955, but was not included in the <a href="abbreviation.html#schullian">Schullian/Sommer</a> catalogue.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">References</span></h2>
<p class="psource">NLM Microfilm Reel: FILM 55-42.1</p>
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<a name="E16"></a><em>Ris&#257;lah-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ifz al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>i<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ah</em>
<span class="ms">&nbsp;&nbsp;(MS P 29, marginal item 3)</span></dt>
<dd>(<em>An Essay on the Preservation of Health</em>)</dd>
<dd><strong>&#1585;&#1587;&#1575;&#1604;&#1607; &#1581;&#1601;&#1592; &#1575;&#1604;&#1589;&#1581;&#1577;</strong></dd>
<dd>by Ism&#257;&#8216;&#299;l ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>usayn <a href="bioJ.html#jurjani">al-Jurj&#257;n&#299;</a> (<a href="glossary.html#d">d.</a> <a href="glossary.html#ca">ca.</a> 1136/531 H)</dd>
<dd><strong>&#1575;&#1587;&#1605;&#1575;&#1593;&#1610;&#1604; &#1576;&#1606; &#1605;&#1581;&#1605;&#1583; &#1575;&#1604;&#1581;&#1587;&#1610;&#1606; &#1575;&#1604;&#1580;&#1585;&#1580;&#1575;&#1606;&#1609;</strong></dd>
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<p class="indent">It is known from medieval sources that Ism&#257;&#8216;&#299;l ibn al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>usayn al-Jurj&#257;n&#299; composed a treatise titled <em>Kit&#257;b fi <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7716;</font>ifz al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>i<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ah</em> (<em>The Book on the Preservation of Health</em>) in the year 1101/495 H. This is one of the few treatises which he apparently composed before moving to Khvarazm (<em>see</em> <a href="abbreviation.html#richter">Richter-Bernburg, "UCLA"</a>, p. 6 note 53). Unfortunately no copies are known to be preserved today, so that it is uncertain whether the book was written in Arabic or Persian.</p>
<p class="indent">NLM has in its collections a small Persian treatise attributed to Jurj&#257;n&#299; and titled: <em>Ris&#257;lah-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ifz al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>i<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ah</em> --- that is, "An Essay on the the Preservation of Health". The NLM copy is the only recorded copy of this Persian tract. It is possible that it consists of all or part of the otherwise lost <em>Book on the Preservation of Health</em> which Jurj&#257;n&#299; wrote in 1101. It is also possible that the treatise is made up of extracts from the first part (that on the preservation of health) from Jurj&#257;n&#299;'s <em>al-Aghraz al-tibbiyah</em> (<em>Medical Pursuits</em>). Further analysis of the Persian treatise will be required before its relationship to other preserved works of Jurj&#257;n&#299; can be firmly established.</p>
<p class="indent"><em>Ris&#257;lah-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ifz al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>i<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ah</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="ms">(MS P 29, item 3 margin)</span></p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Physical Description</span></h2>
<p class="indent">Persian. 8 <a href="glossary.html#leaves">leaves</a> (fol. 3b-10b; marginal text). <a href="glossary.html#dimensions">Dimensions</a> 35.5 x 21; text area 31 x 4.5 cm. Text written diagonally in margins. The title <em>Ris&#257;lah-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ifz al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>i<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ah</em> is given in red as a title for the marginal treatise. The author is named near the start of the text itself as Sayyid Ism&#257;&#8216;&#299;l <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>usayni Jurj&#257;n&#299;.</p>
<p class="indent">The text, following the <a href="glossary.html#basmalah">Basmalah</a> begins: <em>Muntajab-i Ris&#257;lah-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ifz al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>i<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ah</em> (<em>A Selection from the Essay on the Preservation of Health</em>), suggesting that the tract preserved here may be only an extract of a longer treatise.</p>
<p class="indent">The text is written in the same hand as the main text in the volume. The <a href="glossary.html#manuscript">manuscript</a> is undated but signed by the <a href="glossary.html#scribe">scribe</a>, Sayyid <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7716;</font>usayn Yazd&#299;. There is a portrait of a scribe immediately below the <a href="glossary.html#colophon">colophon</a> giving the scribe's name (fol. 173a). The volume must have been completed before 1546/953 H, when an owner's stamp for one &#8216;Im&#257;d al-D&#299;n Zakar&#299;y&#257;&#8217; ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad ibn Ma<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>m&#363;d Lim&#363;n&#299; was placed in the volume. It appears to have been copied in India. </p>
<p class="indent">The marginal text is written in a small, compact, professional, and elegant<br /> <a href="glossary.html#taliq">ta&#8216;liq</a> tending toward <a href="glossary.html#naskh">naskh</a> script. Black ink with headings in red and red <a href="glossary.html#overlinings">overlinings</a>. There are <a href="glossary.html#catchword">catchwords</a> for the central text, which is enclosed in <a href="glossary.html#frames">frames</a> of blue, red, <a href="glossary.html#gilt">gilt</a>, and black lines. The marginal text is written in short diagonal lines between the frame enclosing the central text and a larger frame of blue, gilt, and black lines.</p>
<p class="indent">The glossy yellow-brown paper is moderately thin with only <a href="glossary.html#laid">laid lines</a>. There is some water damage near the edges, and the edges have been trimmed from their original size. Fol. 1 and 173 have been reinforced. </p>
<p class="indent">There are 173 <a href="glossary.html#leaves">leaves</a> in the volume. Fols. 1a and 173b are blank. The main item in the volume, occupying the central text area of fols. 1b-173a is <em>&#8216;Aj&#257;&#8217;ib al-makhl&#363;q&#257;t wa-ghar&#257;&#8217;ib al-mawj&#363;d&#257;t</em> by <a href="bioQ.html#qazwini">al-Qazw&#299;n&#299;</a> (<a href="natural_hist6.html">MS P 29</a>). There are 35 distinct treatises written in the wide margins of the folios. The marginal items are: <a href="natural_hist7.html#p29">MS P 29, marginal item 1</a>: (fol. 1b) <em>Dar <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>aq&#299;qat-i &#8216;&#257;lam</em>, anon.; <a href="physiognomy4.html">MS P 29, marginal item 2</a>: (fols. 2a-3b) <em>Ris&#257;lah-i qiy&#257;fah</em> by <a href="bioS.html#sayyid">Sayyid &#8216;Al&#299; Hamd&#257;n&#299;</a>; MS P 29, margin item 3: (fols. 3b-10b) is here catalogued; <a href="mon9.html#p29item4">MS P 29, marginal item 4</a>: (fols. 10b-12a) <em>Muqaddimah-i nabz</em>, anon. ; <a href="mon9.html#p29item5">MS P 29, marginal item 5</a>: (fols. 18a-19b) <em>Muqqadimah-i &#8216;ishq</em>, anon. ; <a href="crafts2.html">MS P 29, marginal item 6</a>: (fols. 19b-22b) <em> shar<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>-i pat </em>, anon.; <a href="mon9.html#p29item7">MS P 29, marginal item 7</a>: (fols. 23a-25b) <em>Dar &#8216;ishq</em>, anon.; <a href="adab_literature4.html#p29item8">MS P 29, marginal item 8</a>: (fols. 26a-29b) <em>Ris&#257;lah-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ar&#299;qah-i naqsh-band&#299;y</em>, anon.; <a href="astronomy3.html#p29item9">MS P 29, marginal item 9</a>: (fols. 33b-33b) on astronomical principles, untitled, anon.; <a href="astronomy3.html#p29item10">MS P 29, marginal item 10</a>: (fol. 41a) on the zodiacal sign of Cancer, untitled, anon.; <a href="natural_hist7.html">MS P 29, marginal item 11</a>: (fols. 42b-45a) on ancient authorities, untitled, anon.; <a href="astronomy3.html#p29item12">MS P 29, marginal item 12</a>: (fols. 45b-46b) <em><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7716;</font>aq&#299;qat-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>&#363;l-i va &#8216;ar<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7693;</font>-i aq&#257;l&#299;m</em>, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item13">MS P 29, marginal item 13</a>: (fols. 52a-53b) on astrology and magic, untitled, anon.; <a href="diet6.html#p29item14">MS P 29, marginal item 14</a>: (fols. 54a-56b) <em>Ris&#257;la dar kh&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>&#299;yat-i zan&#257;n</em>, anon.; <a href="astrology3.html">MS P 29, marginal item 15</a>: (fols. 57a-62a) on magic squares and talismans, untitled, anon.; <a href="magical7.html">MS P 29, marginal item 16</a>: (fols. 62a-63b) <em>Ris&#257;lah dar haw&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font></em>, attributed to <a href="bioA.html#avicenna">Ibn S&#299;n&#257;</a>; <a href="mathematics2.html">MS P 29, marginal item 17</a>: (fols. 63b-66b) <em>Muqaddim&#257;t-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>is&#257;b</em>, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item18">MS P 29, marginal item 18</a>: (fols. 66b-70a) on numerology and lunar mansions, untitled, anon.; <a href="magical9.html">MS P 29, marginal item 19</a>: (fols. 70a-73b) on occult properties, untitled, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item20">MS P 29, marginal item 20</a>: (fols. 73b-77b) <em>Muqaddimah-i raml</em>, anon.; <a href="gameplaying1.html#p29item21">MS P 29, marginal item 21</a>: (fol. 77b) <em>Muqaddimah-i ganjifah</em>, anon.; <a href="gameplaying1.html#p29item22">MS P 29, marginal item 22</a>: (fol. 77b) <em> Muqaddimah-i sha<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ranj</em>, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item23">MS P 29, marginal item 23</a>: (fols. 78a-80b) on magical alphabets, untitled, anon.; <a href="general_history2.html#p29item24">MS P 29, marginal item 24</a>: (fols. 81a-88b) <em>Khul&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>ah-i taw&#257;r&#299;kh</em>, anon.; <a href="general_history2.html#p29item25">MS P 29, marginal item 25</a>: (fols. 88b-91a) <em>Khul&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>ah-i r&#257;j&#257;wat&#299;</em>, anon.; <a href="general_history2.html#p29item26">MS P 29, marginal item 26</a>: (fols. 92a-93a) on wonders among world rulers, untitled, anon.; <a href="adab_literature4.html">MS P 29, marginal item 27</a>: (fols. 96a-99a) reports and sayings of learned Sufi shaykhs (untitled), anon.; <a href="adab_literature4.html#p29item28">MS P 29, marginal item 28</a>: (fols. 99a-101b) <em>Dar akhl&#257;q-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>am&#299;dah</em>, anon.; <a href="adab_literature4.html#p29item29">MS P 29, marginal item 29</a>: (fols. 101b-108a) <em> Tu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>fat al-wuzar&#257;' </em>, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item30">MS P 29, marginal item 30</a>: (fols. 108b-109b) on magic, untitled, anon.; <a href="astrology4.html#p29item31">MS P 29, marginal item 31</a>: (fols. 114b-129a, 132a-140a, 141a-147a, 148a-162a) on medical-magical procedures (untitled) by <a href="bioI.html#muttalib">Ibn &#8216;Abd al-Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>alib</a>; <a href="diet11.html#p29item32">MS P 29, marginal item 32</a>: (fols. 162a-165a) <em>Ris&#257;lah dar akl va shurb</em>, anon.; <a href="natural_hist12.html#p29item33">MS P 29, marginal item 33</a>: (fol. 166a) <em>Dar <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>isab-i siy&#257;q-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ayawan&#257;t</em>, anon.; <a href="pharmaceutics43.html">MS P 29, marginal item 34</a>: (fols. 167a-167b) on compound recipes, untitled, anon.; and <a href="astrology6.html#p29item35">MS P 29, marginal item 35</a>: (fols. 169a-172b) <em>Khaw&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>-i jafr&#257;t</em>, anon. There are no marginal texts on fols. 12b-17b, 30a-31b, 34a-40b, 41b-42a, 47a-51b, 91b, 93b-95a, 110a-114b, 129b-131b, 140b, 141b-142a, 147b, 165b, 166b, 168a, 168b [only marginal corrections], and 173a.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Binding</span></h2>
<p class="indent">The volume is bound in <a href="glossary.html#pasteboards">pasteboards</a> covered with dark-brown leather. On the covers there are gold-tooled frames filled with acanthus leaves, with flowers or a star in the center and corners. The spine has gold-stamped flowers and a border. The binding is not original. There are modern <a href="glossary.html#pastedowns">pastedowns</a> and <a href="glossary.html#endpapers">endpapers</a>.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Provenance</span></h2>
<p class="indent">There is an owner's stamp dated 1546/953 H with the name &#8216;Im&#257;d al-D&#299;n Zakar&#299;y&#257;&#8217; ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad ibn Ma<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>m&#363;d Lim&#363;n&#299; (fol. 173a).</p>
<p class="indent">The volume was purchased from R. Thomas Heller, New York, on 3 August 1949. No further information is available on the provenance.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">References</span></h2>
<p class="psource">NLM Microfilm Reel: FILM 55-41 no. 3</p>
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