DIYA' AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD ʿABDULLAH IBN AHMED AL-MALAQI, KNOWN AS IBN AL-BAYTAR (D.1248 AD), A SECTION FROM KITAB AL-MUGNI FI'L-ADWIYA AL-MUFRADA, NEAR EAST OR EGYPT, MAMLUK, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

DIYA' AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD ʿABDULLAH IBN AHMED AL-MALAQI, KNOWN AS IBN AL-BAYTAR (D.1248 AD), A SECTION FROM KITAB AL-MUGNI FI'L-ADWIYA AL-MUFRADA, NEAR EAST OR EGYPT, MAMLUK, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 113 leaves, 23 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, important words in red, Hebrew inscription on f.180a, headings and chapters written in gold, incomplete, in later brown leather binding

30 by 21cm.

Condition Report:
In overall good condition, the margins with damp, stains and holes, some annotations on the margins, including a Hebrew inscription on f.180a (using the Persian numerals on the external upper edge), the pages have been numbered in pencil (upper centre of the leaf) and pen (upper external edge), incomplete and misbound (the last three leaves concern with something treated in the beginning of the volume), the beginning and end of the manuscript with replaced pages in a more provincial hand, as viewed.

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