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ACQUISITIONS OF 2000-2 (Or. 25.770, cont.)

(2) ff. 8b-106b Resa’ilii l-mii$fiye fll-emrazi l-mii§kile a K .*■ «II ji 4_i a i*< 4)) JSLui j A copy of a collection of five treatises on various illnesses and their treatment by Mustafa Feyzï, also known as Hayatlzade (d. 1103/1692). The author, who mentions himself in f. 9a:7, was court physician and was commissioned to write this work by Sultan Mehmed III (ruled 1058/1648-1099/1687). The title of it is found in f. 9a: 18. The treatises, separated by blank pages, are each preceded by a brief introduction and devoted, respectively to (1) ‘illet-i merakfye (ailments related to melancholy); (2) sevda-yi merakvye (diseases of the mind, 27b); (3) maraz-i Efrenc (venereal diseases, syphilis in particular, 36b); (4) maraz-ipilika (plica Polaca, a rare skin disease, 72b); and (5) humma-yi reddfye (malignant diseases, 82b). They were based on Arabic, French, and, in particular, Latin (European) sources. Each treatise is divided into a number of sections (fast). See for a description of the contents and sources Kazancigil’s study, pp. 185-9; for the first treatise, see also Götz II, p. 377. A recipe with a list of ingredients is found in the margin of f. 70a; a quotation from a medical work (7 lines) occurs on f. 72a. Begins (8b, after a besmele): aJLur j j-> AJu$ ••• b \i m ijLc |OLiJt 3 a jlirtll j !j_i all 11I i_ij <dJ j* jb 3 it 1 f b A '■ ■“ jJ 3 1 *-_■ I iiiTiI *4>1 nit 3 i_>bail 1", 1.».idt ■ ■ . ■~r J jj* Lb ... J-3 j 3 jaS bjt l41j S1 ja I <da I 4 , ^ I ja Ends (106b): ijLJjl ... j>il » j l~-. ...K % j j ^jb l>r 3b iblju j 4_< a <rt"i I) a Ajlj *5l£JI jJ I jjia^LS jjj <L»u-6 LS jJ a jl aJjua

Catalogue entries: Götz II, 393 (first treatise only), and Sohrweide I, p. 208, where other MSS are mentioned; see also Fihris 2705-7 (II, pp. 287-8); Medical Manuscripts, pp. 215-7. Literature: ‘OM III, pp. 232-3; Aykut Kazancigil, Osmanhlarda Bilim ve Teknoloji (Istanbul 2000).