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Subject(s)

• Medicine, Persian—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Medical text arranged by disease, consisting of a muqaddimah and 23 bāb.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1b.
• On front cover: Label reading "206" in Arabic script.
• On spine: Label reading "1209" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 16 lines per page; written in neat nastaʻliq in black on yellowish glazed, laid European paper. Headings in red; keywords in red or overlined in red. Text on fol. 1b-2a framed in red and green with outer marginal red border. Crude header on fol. 1b consisting of four panels each containing a simple red and green floral design. Catchwords; extensive marginalia. Some foxing and dampstaining; otherwise in excellent condition.
• Incipit: بعد از حمد و ثنا و ستاىش کرىم لم ىزل و لا ىزال ... که چون فقىر کثىر التقصىر مىر على اکبر بن مىر گدا على بن مىر سيد بابا ءالحسىنى سراجه [؟] در اکثر کتابهاى طبى و اسرارهاى لا رىبى سىر نموده در حکمت و اسباب علامات و قانون و امثال اينها در امراض عارضى و ادوىات مفرد و مركب و غىرهما که هر کدا بنوعى تشخىص مرض و تفتىش معالجۀ ان در رشته تحرىر و بىان کشىده بودند ...

Binding note

Red limp leather with stamped fillets.

Language note

Persian.

References

Storey, C. A. Persian literature, II, 323 (109).

OCLC

710043602

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