MS Arabic 427

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10 Ǧumadā II 1259 / 8 July 1843
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MS Arabic 427. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

An abridgement of Avicenna's Canon

Publication/Creation

10 Ǧumadā II 1259 / 8 July 1843

Physical description

Oriental paper; Material: paper; leaf dimensions: diameter 105 mm, length 170 mm; written dimensions: height 56 mm, width 108 mm

Acquisition note

Sotheby's lot 484 (22/21.11.85)

Hand note

Script: nasta`līq Scribe: Muḥammad Riḍā' محمد رضى Ink: black, headings are highlighted by a red line above the relevant word Folios 9a, 26a, 27b, 32a, 33a, 34a, 36a, 37b, 38a, 43b, 44a, 45ab, 50b: notes and occasional corrections on margins. Diacritical dots for tā' marbūṭa and yā' are occasionally missing or misplaced. Sometimes alifs are missing: Folio 39b.1. Dialectal features: instead of بوقي is بواقي
Script: naskh. Captions in red on the margins.

Ownership note

Known owners: 1. Muḥammad Taqī al-Mūsawī (1872/1873~--seal), 2. Sāmī Ibrāhīm Ḥaddād (1986).

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