handwritten witness
Iraq
10th Century
Source: John Scarborough, "EARLY ARABIC PHARMACOLOGY," Pharmacy in History, 2005, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 39-41.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"This is MS.or.oct.1839 in the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, dated to c. 900; detailed discussion in Kahl, Dispensatorium parvum (1994), pp. 4-21. ... the manuscript is fragmentary, with at least 21 folios missing from the beginning of the work."
Remarks
The manuscript MS.or.oct.1839 is identified as the oldest surviving handwritten witness to the Arabic pharmaceutical tradition (p. 40). It is dated to approximately 900 AD (Note 4, p. 41) and originated in the context of the intellectual centers of Baghdad and Samarra during the late 9th century (p. 39). The document is described as fragmentary, with over 20 folios missing from its introduction (p. 40).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Codicological description
Philological analysis
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typehandwritten witness
RegionIraq
Approx. Year950
Source Information
AuthorJohn Scarborough, "EARLY ARABIC PHARMACOLOGY," Pharmacy in History, 2005, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 39-41.
CollectionMS.or.oct.1839 in the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Language
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