Or Ms 429: عیون الانباء فی طبقات الاطبّاء ‘Uyūn al-anbāʼ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʼ', undated (original text compiled 13th Cent. C.E.)
Scope and Contents
A fragment of a manuscript containing part of the preface and first chapter of the work on the lives of physicians by Aḥmad b. al-Qāsim b. Abū ʼUṣaybi‘ah al-Sa‘dī al-Khazrajī (d. 668 A.H., 1270 C.E.). His work was composed in 643 A.H., 1245 C.E.
Dates
- Creation: undated (original text compiled 13th Cent. C.E.)
Language of Materials
Arabic (Script: naskh)
Physical Description
The largest fragment is verse, it has been taped together incorrectly. Housed in the same folder as Or. Ms. 427-8, 430-1.
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
4 folios
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Physical Description
The largest fragment is verse, it has been taped together incorrectly. Housed in the same folder as Or. Ms. 427-8, 430-1.
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Repository Details
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