MANUSCRIPTS -- 'UMAR AL-BAZZÂZ (attrib., d. after 14th century CE). Kitâb al-Bazzâziyya fî al-tibb ('The Bazzâziyya: A Medical Compendium'). Maghrib, mid- to late 18th c. (c. 1740-1790). 100 lvs., 21-25 lines to the page. Medical Arabic manuscript on thick local paper, written in a neat Maghribi hand in dark brown ink with headings in red; marginalia including medical notes, astrological tables, and talismanic diagrams. Dimensions: 20x15 cm. Moroccan red leather bind. w. flap, paper with crosshatch pattern laid down on both sides. (Binds. a bit dam./wormholed in places, some damp staining at lower margins, small wormholes throughout).
This substantial Maghribi medical compendium, attributed to 'Umar al-Bazzâz, combines Galenic–Avicennan medicine with local remedies and astrological elements, covering materia medica, therapeutic recipes, and practical treatments, with annotations testifying to active use by a physician.€ 1000