Nūrbakhshī, Bahāʾ al-Dawlah, d. ca. 1505 نوربخشي، بهاء الدولة، d. ca. 1505
Call Number:
Manuscript Persian 21
Image Count:
786
Description:
Manuscript., Persian., "Wa-tamma fī yawm al-Sabt thālith shahr Rajab al-murjib sanat 1071 [5 March 1661 C.E.]"--Colophon., Composed in the year 907 H. (1501 or 2 M.). "A general work on medicine, written in traditional form; at the end a special chapter is added on foreign medical technical expressions and on medical weights. It contains much that is noteworthy, such as the writings of the famous physician and scholar living in the 10th/16th century, ʻImād al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Masʻūd of Shīrāz" (Cf. History of Iranian literature / Jan Rypka, p. 474), In elegant, rather small naskh; red binding; the written surface measures 10x18 cm., 28 lines per page; read headings and catchwords; catchwords on bottom of page. Laid paper is brown. Ref. Storey II pt., p. 23, incipit agrees; Browne, p. 186; Fonahn, Zur Quellenkunde # 28; Catalogue of Perisian manuscripts, India Office, no. 2955., and The manuscript is from the library of Ibrāhīm Pāshā son of Muḥammad ʻAlī the Khedive of Egypt.
