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LJS 398 - [Khalq al-insān]
Feeling sick? This medical treatise in 50 chapters might help! 35 of chapters concern reproduction and the final 15 address the soul and intellect from a Neoplatonic perspective. It was written in Mamluk Syria or Iraq, dated 15 Jumādá II A.H. 689 (1290 CE).
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LJS 398 Khalq al-insān, written in Mamluk Syria or Iraq, dated 15 Jumādá II A.H. 689
Medical treatise in 50 chapters, 35 concerning reproduction and the final 15 addressing the soul and intellect from a neoplatonic perspective. Some marginal notes. Persian inscriptions recording births in A.H. 1236, 1243, and 1245 on the last page, suggesting use of the manuscript by a medical practitioner.
Additional information on this manuscript is available here on OPenn.
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