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HUNAYN IBN ISHAQ (D. AH 260/873 AD): RISALAH KAMIL AL-MADHKHAL AL-KABIR AND ABU JA'FAR IBN AL-JAZZAR: RISALAH FI AL-NISYAN

NEAR EAST, AH 5 RAJAB 741/25 DECEMBER 1340 AD

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HUNAYN IBN ISHAQ (D. AH 260/873 AD): RISALAH KAMIL AL-MADHKHAL AL-KABIR AND ABU JA'FAR IBN AL-JAZZAR: RISALAH FI AL-NISYAN
Near East, AH 5 Rajab 741/25 December 1340 AD
On medicine, Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 77ff. with 17ll. of sepia naskh, titles in red, final folio with colophon with name of scribe Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn 'Umar al-Halabi and dated 5 Rajab 741, light staining, in later tan morocco binding
Folio 7 1/8 x 4 5/8in. (18 x 11.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

The work by Hunayn ibn Ishaq is in the form of questions and answers and is almost certainly a translation of or interpretation of a work by Galen. The correct title should probably be Masa'il fi-l tibb li-l muta'allimin or al-mudkhal fi-l tibb. The second work is a short treatise on forgetfulness and the memory.

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