IRAN, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

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A LARGE COMPENDIUM OF MEDICAL TABLES
IRAN, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
An Arabic pharmacopeia, manuscript on paper, 41ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with lines of elegant black nasta'liq arranged in tables, headings in red or in slightly larger script, some repairs, in European maroon morocco with gilt lozenge design, paper covered doublures
Folio 15 1/8 x 9 7/8in. (38.2 x 25.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

This Arabic pharmacopeia gives the names of the drugs on the right hand page, with Arabic, Persian, Syriac, Latin and Greek synonyms, along with the properties, benefits, side-effects, antidotes and directions for the amounts to be used. On the left hand page are the selections of the opinions of various physicians (including Galen, Hippocrates, Masih and Yuanna ibn Masawayh). It ends with another index of just Arabic names.

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