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Country |
Lebanon
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City |
Biskintā
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Repository | Dayr Mār Mīkhāʼīl |
Shelfmark | MS 16 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 83 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 18th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Calligraphic |
HMML Proj. Num. |
MKLB 00016 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/537799 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Josh Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 83 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Eastern Arabic numerals |
Binding Dimensions | 16.5 x 12 x 2 cm |
Provenance |
Ownership note of الخوري نيكيفورس ابن الباشه الدمشقى, dated March 1785 CE, fol. 81r; ownership note of حبيب خباعى, dated 1860 CE, rear flyleaf |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1v-81r |
Century(ies) | 18th century |
Year Range | 1700-1785 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 15 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |

Item Location | fol. 1v-67v |
Title | Zahr al-faḍāʼil al-multaqaṭ min bayn shawk al-radhāʼil |
Title NS | مجموع زهر الفضايل |
Uniform Title |
Fiore di virtù
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Associated Name | Ḥawwā, Jibrāʼīl, Archbishop of Cyprus, -1752 (Translator) VIAF |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله والتنا الجليل احسانه |
Item Notes |
Table of contents, fol. 3v-5v |
Item Location | fol. 68r-81r |
Author |
Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987
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Author NS | ساويرس بن المقفع |
Title | Ṭibb al-ghamm wa-shifāʼ al-ḥuzn |
Title NS | طب الغم وشفا الحزن والهم |
Uniform Title |
Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987. Ṭibb al-ghamm wa-shifāʼ al-ḥuzn
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Alternate Title | Affliction's physic and the cure of sorrow |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | صانك الله من كل محنه وحجبك عن كل ملمة وجعلك من الصابرين على ادبه |

Country |
Lebanon
![]() |
City |
Biskintā
![]() |
Repository | Dayr Mār Mīkhāʼīl |
Shelfmark | MS 16 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 83 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 18th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Calligraphic |
HMML Proj. Num. |
MKLB 00016 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/537799 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Josh Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 83 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Eastern Arabic numerals |
Binding Dimensions | 16.5 x 12 x 2 cm |
Provenance |
Ownership note of الخوري نيكيفورس ابن الباشه الدمشقى, dated March 1785 CE, fol. 81r; ownership note of حبيب خباعى, dated 1860 CE, rear flyleaf |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1v-81r |
Century(ies) | 18th century |
Year Range | 1700-1785 |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 15 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Item Location | fol. 1v-67v |
Title | Zahr al-faḍāʼil al-multaqaṭ min bayn shawk al-radhāʼil |
Title NS | مجموع زهر الفضايل |
Uniform Title |
Fiore di virtù
![]() |
Associated Name | Ḥawwā, Jibrāʼīl, Archbishop of Cyprus, -1752 (Translator) VIAF |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله والتنا الجليل احسانه |
Item Notes |
Table of contents, fol. 3v-5v |
Item Location | fol. 68r-81r |
Author |
Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987
![]() |
Author NS | ساويرس بن المقفع |
Title | Ṭibb al-ghamm wa-shifāʼ al-ḥuzn |
Title NS | طب الغم وشفا الحزن والهم |
Uniform Title |
Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, active 955-987. Ṭibb al-ghamm wa-shifāʼ al-ḥuzn
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Alternate Title | Affliction's physic and the cure of sorrow |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | صانك الله من كل محنه وحجبك عن كل ملمة وجعلك من الصابرين على ادبه |
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