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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 98
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • This is a lengthy, comprehensive, and popular commentary on Ḥunayn’s Questions on Medicine for Beginners
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • states that the copy was made in Baghdad in 562 AH/1166-7 CE by by Tūmā ibn Manṣūr ibn Hibat Allāh, for
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A III 19
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, Ramaḍān 639 h. [= March-April 1242]
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Basel from Constantinople in 1437 by the Dominican John of Ragusa , one of the leading theologians for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby Or. 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • This is a large medical compendium written in 782 AH/1380 CE in Ephesus for ’Īsá ibn Muḥammad, the Sultan
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arab. d.221
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • The Cyranides is divided into 24 chapters, one for each letter of the Greek alphabet.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. turc. 428
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1600
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ota, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/tur
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    • For cutting out paper special pointed knives with blades curved downwards were used.
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 60
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    1599
    Language
    arabe
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    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, M V 5
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, middle of Šaʿbān 871 h. [= end of March 1467]
    Language
    Arabic, Persian
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    • Interspersed in the text are quotations from the Koran, prayers and poems; an appendix gives exact death dates for
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 2603
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    11. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • Golden circular dots serve as diacritical marks; vocalization is in red; further marks for reading and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 263
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • al-Shīrāzī, in which he states that he commissioned this copy of his commentary on Sīnā’s Qānūn as a gift for
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 1
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    624 [h.q.] [1226]
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • was rescued from destruction during the Reconquista (reconquest) by Muslim refugees who fled Spain for
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 6
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    14. Jahrhundert
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • Steigenberger had been sent to Paris to acquire books and manuscripts for the monastic library.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington donat. 31
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • The copy was completed on 5 Rabīʿ II 556 AH/4 May 1161 CE for his own use by the physician Yūsuf‍ ibn
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 463
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1750-1770
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • things existing), enjoyed great popularity in the Arab world and was transmitted in numerous copies for
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 464
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    678 oder 778 [h.q.] [1279-1377]
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • Al-Qazwīnī was also a geographer and natural historian, and known for his encyclopedic knowledge.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 616
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    Um 1310
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • Kalila wa-Dimna is a kind of mirror for princes.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 2
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    705 [h.q.] [1306]
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • first part of a Qur'an originally comprising 12 volumes, which, according to the colophon, was produced for
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 1112
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    11./12. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • At the beginning, a fragment of a former double-page illumination has survived, which was usual for the
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 2616
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    ca. 1700-1899
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • The prayers also ask for protection against the evil eye, which plays such an important role in Islamic
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 615
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    16./17. Jh. [?]
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • shown reading Kalila wa-Dimna to King Anushirwan and numerous courtiers while a servant holds the book for