Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arab. d.138

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  • Bodleian Library MS. Arab. d.138
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  • Arabic
Title
  • De materia medica. Book 3-5
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Description
  • The Materia medica consists of five books on medicinal substances. This copy contains only the last three books (maqālahs) of the treatise, of which Books 3 and 4 cover herbs and roots, and Book 5 wines &c. The copy was completed on 25 Dhu al Hijjah 637 AH (17 July 1240 CE) by al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Nashawī at al-Madrasah al-Niẓāmīyah, presumably in Baghdad, though madrasahs of the same name occur in other cities.
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    • Bagdad (Iraq) (?)
    Original form
    • Baghdad?
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