Kitab yakhtassu bi-l-hikma min qawl al-fudala' [A Book about Medicine (lit. 'Wisdom'), from the Sayings of the Eminent ones].
Kitab yakhtassu bi-l-hikma min qawl al-fudala' [A Book about Medicine (lit. 'Wisdom'), from the Sayings of the Eminent ones]. - Image 2
Kitab yakhtassu bi-l-hikma min qawl al-fudala' [A Book about Medicine (lit. 'Wisdom'), from the Sayings of the Eminent ones]. - Image 3
Kitab yakhtassu bi-l-hikma min qawl al-fudala' [A Book about Medicine (lit. 'Wisdom'), from the Sayings of the Eminent ones]. - Image 4
Kitab yakhtassu bi-l-hikma min qawl al-fudala' [A Book about Medicine (lit. 'Wisdom'), from the Sayings of the Eminent ones]. - Image 5
Kitab yakhtassu bi-l-hikma min qawl al-fudala' [A Book about Medicine (lit. 'Wisdom'), from the Sayings of the Eminent ones]. - Image 6
Kitab yakhtassu bi-l-hikma min qawl al-fudala' [A Book about Medicine (lit. 'Wisdom'), from the Sayings of the Eminent ones]. - Image 7

A Christian physician, writing in Arabic

[Medicine]. Kitab yakhtassu bi-l-hikma min qawl al-fudala' [A Book about Medicine (lit. 'Wisdom'), from the Sayings of the Eminent ones].

[Ottoman Empire, 18th century CE].

Large 4to (185 x 240 mm). 357 ff. Arabic manuscript on watermarked paper. Black naskh script with important words and phrases picked out in red. Near-contemporary full red morocco with remnants of ties.

€ 2,800.00

Citing the likes of al-Razi (Rhazes) and Galen, this Arabic medical manuscript was composed by a Christian author in the 18th century Ottoman Empire. The work covers a full range of medical trivia, including causes, symptoms, and treatments of diseases. Its extensive table of contents is arranged in the traditional order, starting with ailments of the head and progressing down the body to the heel (a capite ad calcem). Among the ailments and cures one can find instructions in the case of migraines, alopecia, vision problems, asthma, diabetes, and even nightmares, gynaecological diseases, and cancer.

The anonymous Christian author was evidently well-schooled in both Greek and Arabic medicine, citing a wide range of sources. Both its watermarked paper and a note in Ottoman Turkish at the end of the manuscript point to an origin in the Ottoman Empire.

Condition

Boards professionally restored; some staining to leaves; text legible throughout.

Stock Code: BN#63820 Tags: , , ,

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