Ikhtiyārāt-i Badīʻī. - Anṣārī Shīrāzī, ʻAlī ibn Ḥusayn, approximately 1329-1403 or 1404. (1669)
Materia medica, divided into 2 maqālah: 1) Simple medicines, fol. 1b-285a. 2) Compound medicines, fol. 285b-311a. Text is preceded and followed by medical recipes on fol. 1a, 311b.
Ms. codex.
Title from colophon on fol. 285a and spine label.
Dedicated to the princess Badīʻ al-Jamāl (fol. 2b), hence the title.
Physical description: 16 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on beige glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Damp staining around margins; a few marginal paper repairs. Text block has been trimmed. In good condition.
Origin: Copy completed 6 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1079 H [7 May 1669] (fol. 311a).
Storey, C.A. Persian literature
Keywords: Medicine, Persian -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Persian -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Manuscripts, Persian -- 17th century