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Lot Essay
The present work is an abridged treatise on the art of medicine consisting of two parts: I: on the preparation of medicaments; II: on the regulations and laws governing their production. It does not appear to be recorded, it might be part of a larger work.
The colophon indicates that it was copied by Hasan bin Muhammad bin Husayn al-Husayni, a doctor (tabib). He was probably the author of this manual (risala) as well. The marginal note copied right of the colophon states it is a collation from another work composed by Fakhr al-Din Mu[hammad bin Muhammad] al-Khujandi. Al-Khujandi lived during the reign of Muhammad Khuda-Banda (1305-1316 AD). He composed Al-talwih ila asrar al-tanqih (Hints on the secrets of amendments in Ibn Sina's Canon. See A Z Iskandar, A Descriptive List of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, 1984, p79.
The scribe who copied this manuscript also signed the preceding lot.
The colophon indicates that it was copied by Hasan bin Muhammad bin Husayn al-Husayni, a doctor (tabib). He was probably the author of this manual (risala) as well. The marginal note copied right of the colophon states it is a collation from another work composed by Fakhr al-Din Mu[hammad bin Muhammad] al-Khujandi. Al-Khujandi lived during the reign of Muhammad Khuda-Banda (1305-1316 AD). He composed Al-talwih ila asrar al-tanqih (Hints on the secrets of amendments in Ibn Sina's Canon. See A Z Iskandar, A Descriptive List of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, 1984, p79.
The scribe who copied this manuscript also signed the preceding lot.