Walters Ms. W.595, Compendium of medicineẔakhīrah-i Khvārazmshāhīذخيره خوارزشاهى<note type="title" xml:id="n243.096093">Title inscribed on fols. 2a and 3a (line 1), as well as at the end of Book 3 (fol. 200b), Book 5 (fol. 277b), Book 6 (fol. 543a), Book 7 (fol. 580b), Book 8 (fol. 591b), and Book 9 (fol. 608b); work dedicated to Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad Khvārazmshāh</note>Zayn al-Dīn Ismāʿil ibn Ḥasan al-JurjānīZayn al-Dīn al-Jurjānī (d. 531 AH / 1136 CE)زين الدين اسماعيل بن حسن الجرجانىAuthor name supplied by catalogerscribeMuḥammad ibn Maʿrūf ibn Maḥammad al-Zarīr [?] al-Kāzarūnī Shīrānīمحمد بن معروف بن محمد الزري[?] الكازرونى شيرانىPrincipal 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 compendium/encyclopedia of medicine entitled Ẕakhīrah-i Khvārazmshāhī, composed by Zayn al-Dīn al-Jurjānī (d. 531 AH / 1136 CE). It was copied by Muḥammad ibn Maʿrūf ibn Maḥammad al-Zarīr [?] al-Kāzarūnī Shīrānī in 889 AH / 1484 CE. The text opens with a double-page illuminated incipit with verses alluding to the title of the work.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.595The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. 2b - 705aẔakhīrah-i Khvārazmshāhīذخيره خوارزشاهى<note type="title" xml:id="n243.096147">Title inscribed on fols. 2a and 3a (line 1), as well as at the end of Book 3 (fol. 200b), Book 5 (fol. 277b), Book 6 (fol. 543a), Book 7 (fol. 580b), Book 8 (fol. 591b), and Book 9 (fol. 608b); work dedicated to Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad Khvārazmshāh</note>الحمد لله رب العالمين حمدا لشاكرين والصلاة والسلام...Consists of nine books (kitāb) and two appendices (guftār) on simple drugs (adviyah mufradah, fol. 610b) and compound remedies (qarābāẕīn, fol. 645b)scribetamām shud qarābaẕīn az Kitāb-i Ẕakhīrah /1/ bi-ʿawn Allāh wa-ḥusn tawfīqih wa-faragha min taḥrīrih waqt al-ḍuḥá yawm al-ithnayn /2/ thānī wa-ʿishrūn shahr Rabīʿ al-thānī sanat tisʿ wa-thamānīn wa-thamānmi<ʾ>ah /3/ al-hilālīyah ʿalá yad al-faqīr al-ḍaʿīf al-muḥtāj ilá /4/ raḥmat Allāh Malik [?] al-Ṣamad Muḥammad bn Maʿrūf bn Muḥammad al-Zarīr [?] /5/ al-Kāzarūnī al-maysūm [sic] bi-Shīrānī aṣlaḥa Allāh aḥwālahu /6/ raḥmat-i Allāh taʿālá ḥāṣil bāẕ kih /7/ kātib rā bi-fātiḥat al-Kitāb /8/ va sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ /9/ va daʿā… [?] /10/ yāẕ āvarad /11/ al-salam[?] /12/ m (= tamma) /13/

Creamy, thin paper

Foliation: 70530.518.520.011.5

Written on versos

Written in small black naskh script with rubricated chapter headings and keywords; inscription in the double-page illuminated incipit in thuluth scriptDouble-page illuminated incipit; gilt frame

Red leather (with flap); central ovals and cornerpieces; central motif has an inner element shaped in the form of a diamond; doublures of light brown leather decorated with filigree work, central ovals, and cornerpieces

22 Rabīʿ II 889 AH / 1484 CEIranCatch-title and former shelf mark on tail edge: Khvārazmshāhī 2029Ownership statement (min kutub) and seal: ʿAlī (fol. 1a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksRichard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 146(II), 149, 156.Gacek, Adam. Persian Manuscripts in the Libraries of McGill University: Brief Union Catalogue. (Montreal: McGill University Libraries, 2005), no. 337.ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetRomaniaKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid stylecharterLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCodexColophonIlluminationIranIslamicManuscriptPersianWalters Art MuseumScience -- MedicineOriginal Binding