Fols. 57; 26.5 x 17.5 cm.; written surface 19.5 x 12 cm.; 21 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red. A fragment of Laqṭ al-manāfiʻ, a work on medicine which treats of diet, cures, sleep, cleanliness, cohabitation and diseases. Beg.: موضوعتان عن جنبىه ىخص کل واحدة غشاء ... Ending: ... ولىجتنب الفواکه والبقول والاشىاء MS incomplete at beginning and end. MS in good condition; Arabic binding. Probably from XlVth century. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925. Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 328; Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6285.
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