MS Arabic 408

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11 December 1620
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MS Arabic 408. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A biography of al-Qumrī (taken from Ibn Abī Uṣabi`a) written on a piece of the 20th century paper and a scribbled note attached containing two recipes; نسخة ال‍كحل and نسخة ال‍حمره

Publication/Creation

11 December 1620

Physical description

European paper; Watermarks: Letters B and C Fol. 234; Material: paper; leaf dimensions: diameter 135mm, length 190mm; written dimensions: height 150 mm, width 80 mm

Acquisition note

Sotheby's lot 465 (21.11.85 - 22.11.85)

Hand note

Script:naskh> Ink:black, red headings The ḥamza is occasionally missing or replaced by madda (fol.206a.10). Diacritical dots for tā' marbūṭa and yā' are missing.

Ownership note

Known owners: 1. Anonymous 1090 AH / 1679~-- 1680 AD (The name is erased). 2. Luṭfī Ṭabīb Abī Sulaymān 1214 AH / 1799~-- 1800 AD 3. Sāmī Ibrāhīm Ḥaddād(1986).

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