MS Arabic 426

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24th Āb (August) 1777
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MS Arabic 426. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Essential medical knowledge, arranged in ten chapters in the form of questions and answers.

Publication/Creation

24th Āb (August) 1777

Physical description

European paper Obscure (fols 28, 29, letter V is visible); Material: paper; leaf dimensions: height 160 mm, width 105 mm; written dimensions: height 130 mm, width 80 mm

Acquisition note

Sotheby's lot 483 (22/21.11.1985)

Hand note

Script: Naskh Ink:Black, headings and dividers are highlighted in red. Diacritical dots for tā' marbūṭa and yā' are occasionally missing or misplaced. Dialectal features: instead of ث is ت, instead of ذ is د. Ḥamzas are misplaced with alīfs and yā's.

Ownership note

Known owners: 1. Fr. Dīmitriyūs Basīliyūs al-Qānūnī al-Bāsīlī (cf. WMS Arabic 422), 2. Sāmī Ibrāhīm Ḥaddād (1986)

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