Maqālah fī khalq al-insān.; Khalq al-insān.

Abstract:

Medical treatise in 50 chapters, 35 concerning reproduction and the final 15 addressing the soul and intellect from a neoplatonic perspective. Some marginal notes. Persian inscriptions recording births in A.H. 1236, 1243, and 1245 on the last page (f. 84v), suggesting use of the manuscript by a medical practitioner.

Creator:

Saʻīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn, 1004-1101.

Date:

1290

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9958945863503681; (OCoLC)ocn826025152; (OCoLC)826025152; (PU)5894586-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Several notes and ownership seals on first and last pages (f. 1r, 84v).; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Dec. 2000.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Publisher:

[Syria or Iraq], A.H. 689 (1290)

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs398.html; http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Subject:

Reproduction.; Soul -- Early works to 1800.; Soul.; Medicine, Arab.; Medicine -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine.; Reproduction -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Arabic.; Manuscripts, Medieval.; Codices (bound manuscripts); Treatises.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

84 leaves : paper; 255 x 172 (185 x 125-130) mm bound to 257 x 182 mm

Personal Name:

Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.; ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Salām al-Ṣafūrī, scribe.

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Foliation: Paper, i (modern) + 84 + i (modern); [1-84], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto (f. 1-44 also foliated with eastern Arabic numerals in ink, upper left recto). Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.; Origin: Copy completed in Mamluk Syria or Iraq by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Salām al-Ṣafūrī on 15 Jumādá al-Ākhirah A.H. 689 (colophon, f. 84r).; Binding: Later morocco with gilt-stamped onlays of a central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces.; Decoration: Rubrications in red.; Title from introduction (f. 1v).; Script: Written in rapid naskh in black ink; pointed.; Layout: Written in 21 long lines.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

LJS 398

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)