بحر الدقائق

Baḥr al-daqāʼiq.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[1809 or 1818]
Description
151 leaves : paper, ill. ; 285 x 170 (210 x 115) mm. bound to 285 x 175 mm.

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    Summary note
    Lexicon of medical terms, in Arabic and Persian. According to the end of this copy, the author completed his work on the last night (salkh) of Rajab 938 [1532]. For other copies, see Mach-Ormsby, Handlist and Ullmann. The text is preceded on fol. 1a by two tables, one with the verses of the Fātiḥah and numbers.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from inscription on fol. 1b. The name of the author appears at the end of the text (fol. 150b).
    • Physical description: 23 lines per page. Written in medium large nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for entries. Very thin dark cream paper, with regular laid lines visible. Fol. 36 is a later addition (European paper), with copy of a portion of the text wanting in the original copy. Majority of quaternions. Stained with humidity (text hardly legible on some leaves).
    • Long note dated 1233 H. on fol. 1a, mentioning the collation of this copy with other copies, with seal.
    • Collation: Paper, fol. 151 ; 1-4⁸ 5⁸ (+ 1, fol. 36) 6-18⁸ 19⁸ (-2 at end of quire) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
    • Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on Wednesday last night (salkh) of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1233 [1818] or 1223 [1809] (fol. 150b).
    • Incipit: بسم ... وعليك ---؟ فى التتميم يا كريم وفوق كل ذي علم عليم حمدا لعلام اجدي على ذوي الافهام بحقيق دقايق اللغات العربية وشكرا لوهاب ابدي على اولي الالباب ... وبعد فيقول العبد الفقير المحتاج الى الله الباري (القوي) محمد ابن يوسف الطبيب الهروي لما كان علم الطب اشد مما يحتاج اليه الطالبون اشتغالا لكونه وسيلة الى الصحة المبتنية عليها العبادات
    • Explicit: كه اكثر حكما منسوب اند بدان موضع ودر هيچ زمينى ديكر مثل ايشان پيدا نشده تمت شد بتوفيق او سبحانه وتعالى تم تمت تمام شد قال المصنف
    Binding note
    Brown leather over paper pasteboards. Central blind stamped scalloped mandorla with pendants on the vertical axis (almost on the edge of the cover). Grid on the upper cover; concentric circles on the lower cover. Khaki paper pastedowns.
    References
    • Mach, R. and E. Ormsby. Handlist (New Series), 112
    • Ullmann, M. Die Medizin (1970), p. 237
    Other title(s)
    بحر الجواهر في تحقيق المصطلحات الطبية
    Title in M. Ullmann, Die Medizin
    • Baḥr al-jawāhir fī taḥqīq al-muṣṭalaḥāt al-ṭibbīyah
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    229358235
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