The volume contains 171 leaves plus two preliminary leaves and two end leaves. Folio 171b has 24 lines of casually written recipes useful, amongst other things, for the pain of gnashing teeth, for producing a peaceful sleep, for increasing sexual enjoyment, for toothache, and for throbbing pain. The preliminary and end leaves are blank except for (on the second preliminary leaf) the ex libris of Archbishop Laud dated 1635 and a statement in the same Latin hand that the volume contains Galen’s commentary interpreted by ‘Harim Ben Isaac’.

Title

The volume contains 171 leaves plus two preliminary leaves and two end leaves. Folio 171b has 24 lines of casually written recipes useful, amongst other things, for the pain of gnashing teeth, for producing a peaceful sleep, for increasing sexual enjoyment, for toothache, and for throbbing pain. The preliminary and end leaves are blank except for (on the second preliminary leaf) the ex libris of Archbishop Laud dated 1635 and a statement in the same Latin hand that the volume contains Galen’s commentary interpreted by ‘Harim Ben Isaac’.

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Or. 139

Language

Arabic

Contents

Form

codex

Physical extent

171 ff.

Acquisition

Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, between 1635-41.

Provenance

There are owners’ notes in several hands on the title page (folio 1a), none dated and most of them illegible. The volume is from the collection of Archbishop William Laud(d. 1645) whose ex libris dated 1635occurs on the preliminary folio ib. Former shelfmark: Laud A.140

Subject

Medicine