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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Arabic book of pharmaceutical recipes


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 S101

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Arabic book of pharmaceutical recipes

Date(s): [19th century]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 vol.

Name of creator(s): [Dija | Abu Muhammed Abdullah Ahmad]

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of a manuscript volume containing pharmaceutical recipes according to the teachings of Najm Aldean Ayyûb by his student [Abu Muhammed Abdullah Ahmad Dija]. The manuscript is dated 890 in the Islamic calendar (1469 in the Gregorian calendar), this is thought to be the date of the original manuscript of which this is a copy.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Arabic

System of arrangement:

Single volume

Conditions governing access:

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Physical characteristics:

Bound in a volume.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Acquired by the College Library from the estate of Roy Dobbin in 1938.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in April 2008.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Arab culture | Islamic culture | National cultures
Pharmacopoeias | Documents | Information sources
Medical sciences
Pharmacology

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