Walters Ms. W.588, Commentary on an abridgment of the Canon of medicineḤall al-Mūjizحل الموجز<note type="title" xml:id="n255.070776">Title in preface (fol. 1b); present work is a commentary on an abridgment (mūjiz) by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 687 AH / 1288 CE) of the Canon of medicine (al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb) by Ibn Sinā (Avicenna) (d. 428 AH / 1037 CE)</note>Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Aqsarāʾīجمال الدين محمد بن محمد الاقسرائيscribeKhalīl Allāh Isfarāyinīخليل الله اسفراينيPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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This manuscript is a copy of the commentary by Muḥāmmad al-Aqsarāʾī (d. 779 AH / 1378 CE), entitled Ḥall al-Mūjiz, on the abridgment of Avicenna’s Canon of medicine (al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb) by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 687 AH / 1288 CE). Written in 969 AH / 1561 CE by Khalīl Allāh Isfarāyinī, this scholarly codex contains numerous marginal and interlinear glosses and corrections.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.588The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 309aḤall al-Mūjizحل الموجز<note type="title" xml:id="n255.070828">Title in preface (fol. 1b); present work is a commentary on an abridgment (mūjiz) by Ibn al-Nafīs (d. 687 AH / 1288 CE) of the Canon of medicine (al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb) by Ibn Sinā (Avicenna) (d. 428 AH / 1037 CE)</note>الحمد لله رب العالمين... اما بعد فان الطب علم شريف...Text commented upon overlined in red and introduced (not systematically) by the sigla: m (matn) and shīn (sharḥ); numerous marginal and interlinear glosses and corrections; some outlines in red inkscribefaraghtu min itmāmih tāsiʿ shahr /1 / Rabīʿ al-awwal sanat 969 /2 / kātibihu aqall ʿibā Allāh /3 / Khalīl Allāh Isfarāyinī /4 / ghafara dhunūbah wa-satar ʿuyūbah /5 / wa-al-ḥamd li-Llāh awwlan /6 / wa-ākhiran wa- /7 / ẓāhiran /8 / wa-bāṭinan /9 / wa-sallam taslīman /10 / kathīran /11 / […?] /12/Gives date of copying and scribe's name

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