France, Paris, Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations, ara. 597

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations, ara. 597

Miscellany

Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 136 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 200 x 170 mm

Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Wrong and multiple foliation: there is a first pagination 1 - 28; later it was foliated in the European sense.
  • Collation:
    Various layers; rebound and refolded.
  • Condition Description:
    The beginning of Averroes ' Commentary on Avicenna 's Cantica is missing due to lost leaves.
    The two last leaves of the manuscript are badly damaged.
  • Decoration:
    Mistara ruling for the items 2 - 4.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in one column
  • Hand Description:
    Three hands, all in maghribī style
    Text n°1 was written carelessy; 28 - 32 lines to the page, body of text: 125 x 165 mm
    Text n°2 was written by another hand; 28 lines to the page, body of text: 124 x 170 mm
    Text n°3 was written by Dāwud b. Bī-l-Qāsim b. Muḥammad Murābit al-Baʿqīlī . It was finished on 27.06.1630 (thursday, 16th Dhū l-Qaʿda 1039 h.).
    Seemingly, text n°4 was written by the same hand; 19 lines per page, headings, body of text: 111 x 147 mm.
  • Binding Description:
    Green sheepskin binding.
History
  • Origin Date: 17th century
  • Origin Place: Western Islamic World
  • Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations: Collections numériques [Link]
Content
Ahmad Tilimsānī Prayers, recipes, extracts of Sirr al-muhtadīn fī maqāmāt al-dīn, magical figures, etc. 1r - 4v
ʿAbd al-Karīm b. ʿAbd al-Muʾmin Commentary on his own poem on medicine 5r - 9v
  • Note:
    ʿAbd al-Karīm b. ʿAbd al-Muʾmin states that he summarized in 17 short chapters (qawl) Ibn Haydūr's commentary on Ibn Sīnā's Hamiyyāt.

Averroes Commentary on Avicenna’s Cantica 10r - 123r
  • Note:
    The beginning (including the introduction) is lacking.

ʿAbd al-Karīm b. ʿAbd al-Muʾmin Commentary on his own poem on medicine 123v - 130v
  • Note:
    See n° 2. This text is complete but the chapters are in disorder: 1-6, 12-14, 10-11, 7-9, and 15-17.