University of Pennsylvania, CAJS Rar Ms 214

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DS ID:

DS761

Shelfmark:

CAJS Rar Ms 214

Title:

Īn kitāb dar ṭibb.

Author:

Shaykh Ṭāhir / شيخ طاهر

Shaykh Ṭāhir WIKIDATA

Date:

[between 1656 and 1800?]

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 189 leaves : paper ; 200 x 140 (135 x 90) mm bound to 200 x 155 mm

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Reddish leather over pasteboard (Type III); blind stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis.
Decoration: Rubrications in red.
Item is not dated, likely copied in the late 17th to 18th century.
Catalog entry, 744, pasted onto front inside cover.
Ms. codex.
Title from title statement (f. 1r): Īn kitāb dar ṭibb az nuskhahā-yi hinduyān taṣnīf Shaykh Tahir.
Collation: Paper, 189 + i; 1-19⁸ 20⁶ 21¹⁰ 22⁶ 23¹⁰ 24⁶ [i]; [1], 2-74, 79-127, 129-147, 147-153, 155-164, 166-171, 171-178, 189, 180-194, foliation in ink, upper right verso, carelessly done in terms of skipping numbers, repeating numbers, and turning the leaves while the foliation was still wet.
Layout: Written in 11-13 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate inside front cover).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Medicine, Ayurvedic

Medicine, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9968532693503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3833n49n/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania