Digital facsimile of manuscript Jarring Prov. 357
Annotated Turki Manuscripts from the Jarring Collection Online (ATMO)
Arienne M. Dwyer
C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
Manuscript held and scanned by
Lund University Library
Henry Luce Foundation
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C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
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Annotated Turki Manuscripts from the Jarring Collection Online
2016-05-25
Sweden
Lund
Lund University Library
Jarring Prov. 357
Medical treatise
Old number 29. A handbook of medicine and the treatment of different diseases and their remedies. On ff. 126-141 enumeration of different medicines and other remedies, quoting Luqman. On f. 112b charm formulas for use in the healing process. The text begins abruptly on f. 1b without basmala, f. 1a which is pasted on to the cover seems to be a blank page. Ff. 142b-147a contain fragments of Turki poetry, stories and medical prescriptions. On f. 148 and back inside cover various writing exercises and notes. Cf. Prov. 351
Uighur
paper, indigenous, white or white-yellowish, unpolished and sligthly polished paper of various quality
ff. 148
210
135
mm.
The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.
Poor
Green cardboard binding with decorations, back in yellow leather pasted on to the covers
Place of origin: Eastern Turkistan
Date of origin: 1299/1881-1882
Date on f. 142a 1299/1881-1882.
Bought by Gunnar Jarring in Kashghar in February 1930.
The ms. was part of the Jarring collection of Eastern Turkistan manuscripts donated to the Lund University Library in 1982.
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conforming to the Master Project DTD.
The manuscript description in the Master vocabulary was derived
from Gunnar Jarring's manuscript catalog of the collection, which read:
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