MS Arabic 9

A composite manuscript originating from Syria. There are 5 manuscripts within this volume, mostly pharmacopoeia. The last manuscript in the volume is unidentified. Hand note: Script:Naskh Ink: Black and red Scribe: Multiple scribes mentioned. Older leaves written by the copyist Ibrahim Ibn Nasr Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan Ibn Ibrahim Ibn Munir al-Kindi (a physician). Modern leaves written by the copyist Toma Butrus Jibara, a physician of Damascus. Originally transcribed from a manuscript written by the copyist 'Abd al-Kafi al-Farajani. Ownership note: Known owners: Ya'qub Ibn al-Khuri Jirjis, physician of the Nuri hospital in Tripoli, Syria (modern day Lebanon). Acquisition note: Bought from Murad Baroody in Beirut, Lebanon, for £7. Accessioned on 12th March 1915.