Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, R128 .C43 1515
Title in red and black with attractive woodcut depicting the beheading of Saint Symphorian, with Champier and his wife nkeeling before the martyr... Show moreTitle in red and black with attractive woodcut depicting the beheading of Saint Symphorian, with Champier and his wife nkeeling before the martyr in prayer; final four leaves of index (and blank) bound at the beginning; with all the blanks; a fine copy, in contemporary blind tooled calf, bookplate of J. Renard on front paste-down. First edition of one of the rarest of Champier's early medical works, published between 1509 and 1515 in Lyons and unknown to Allut (Etude Biographique & Bibliographique sur Symphorien Champier, Lyons, 1859). Champier, physician, surgeon, humanist and chronicler, wrote many and various books, amongst them the first important history of medicine, De medicinae claris scriptoribus in quinque partibus tractatus (Lyons, 1506). Adams C1328; Bird 538; BMSTC French Books p. 99; Durling 937; IA 135.496; besides the copy in the National Library of Medicine (Durling), NUC records only four other locations, Yale Medical School, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, New York Academy of Medicine and Countway Library; not in Baudrier, Bibliographie Lyonnaise. Title and place of publication from colophon Title page printed in red and black; title vignette (woodcut). Initials; marginal notes. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General R128 .C43 1515 Book Item-ID: i10164807 BIB-ID: 1018115 Show less
الفقه الحنفى, Fiqh Hanafi, المخطوطات العربية, المخطوطات العربية--قرن 16, Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic--16th century
This early-16th-century manuscript (colophon dated 13 rajab 923 [1 August 1517]) was composed by Ibrâhîm b. Muh. b. Ibrâhîm al-Halabî (d. 956/1549)... Show moreThis early-16th-century manuscript (colophon dated 13 rajab 923 [1 August 1517]) was composed by Ibrâhîm b. Muh. b. Ibrâhîm al-Halabî (d. 956/1549), a famous Hanafi author. He was born in Aleppo in Syria, where he was also educated. Later he went to Cairo and studied unter the well-known exegete Jakâl al-Dîn al-Suyûtî (d. 910/1505). The book was calligraphed during the author's lifetime. He spent the next 40 years in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, where he became a preacher in the Mosque of Mehmed II, at the time one of the most important mosques of Istanbul. In addition, he served as teacher in Koran recitation at the Dâr al-qurra, founded by the grand Mufti Sa'di Celebi (d. 945/1538-39). Al-Halabî's major work was the "Multaqa al-abhur", a handbook of Hanafi law based on the works of four earlier jurists. It enjoyed immediate success, which can also be gleaned from the fact that many commentaries on it were written. Under Sultan Mehmed IV (1642-93) it was translated into Turkish for the first time, and would soon became a major source for Hanafi doctrine and its application within the Ottoman Empire. This codex consists of decrees pertaining to the fundamental articles of faith, laws, hajr (putting a legally incompetent person under restraint), hajz (confiscation) and international relations. A highly uncommon item on the market, it dates back to early days of the Ottoman empire, under the reign of Sultan Selim. His reign is notable for the enormous expansion of the Empire, particularly his 1516/17 conquest of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of Sham, Hejaz, and Egypt itself. - Upper margins damp-stained, last folio torn and repaired with slight loss of text. Binding slightly rubbed; extremeties bumped. Remnants of a full-leather Islamic binding with flap now incomplete, loose, and damaged by fire. Author's colophon on f. 135a. اعتمدت هذه التسجيلة المؤقتة على الفهرسة الأولية السابقة للمجموعة. Main Heritage Shelves General HC.MS.2013.0020 Manuscripts Item-ID: i16843678 BIB-ID: 1509211 Leiden, UB : Or. 11.739 nl Manuscripts Or. 11.710 - Or. 11.803: Purchased on July 21, 1967, from Mr. A.A. Fatatri, a private dealer of Egyptian origin, living in Leiden. Show less
