6 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Tales, Medicine, and Islamic magic — Multiple dates | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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6 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Tales, Medicine, and Islamic magic — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Arab. f. 49

Date

1764

18th cent.

Language

Arabic

1. f. 2 Author: Anonymous Title: Extraneous leaf containing part of the story of al-Miqdād and al-Mayyāsah

2. ff. 3r-6r Author: Anonymous Title: Instructions on washing the body with water mixed with the powder of certain plants, followed (ff. 4r-5r) by a treatise on stones, followed (f. 5v) by instructions for writing an amulet, followed (f. 6r) by a magic square

3. ff. 6v-74v Author: Avicenna, 980-1037 Title: Several urjūzahs on medicine, beginning with the Manẓūmah fī al-ṭibb

4. ff. 76, 78r,v Author: Anonymous Title: Fragment of an urjūzah on medicine rhyming in ah/ā

5. ff. 78v-81r Author: Anonymous Title: Short treatise on the medicinal value of certain plants

6. ff. 81v-83v Author: Anonymous Title: Various magical medicinal recipes

Form

codex

Physical extent

1f. 4 ff. 69 ff. 2 ff. 4 ff. 3 ff.

Subject

Medicine

Tales

Islamic magic

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