Fols. over 170; 23.5 x 13.5 cm.; written surface 19.5 x 10.5 cm.; 28 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red. A mixed medical lexicon in Arabic and Persian, together with the lives of the more illustrious physicians. Beg.: بسم الله ... لما کان علم الطب اشد ما ىحتاج الىه الطالبون Colophon: ... الثاني والرابع عشر بالسابع عشر... Marginal notes. The author quotes al-Qāmūs whose author died A.H. 817 [A.D. 1414]. He therefore must have lived after that date. The work is also known as Baḥr al-jawāhir. MS in poor condition; badly worm-eaten. Arabic binding with flap. Probably from XVth century. Rare. Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925. Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6239.
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