Ladhdhat al-nisā’
A full-page painting, in opaque watercolors and gilt (slightly defaced), of a group of women with an deer in foreground. From a Persian treatise on sexual hygiene titled Ladhdhat al-nisā’ (The Enjoyment of Women) translated from an Indian text and copied and illustrated by Nakhshabī, whose dates are uncertain. The copy is undated; the miniatures are typical of provincial Mughal work of north-west India, especially Kashmir, in the 18th century.
Muṣannaf fī al-ghāliyah
The essay on the perfume called ghāliyah written by al-Suyūṭī (d. 1505/911). The copy was completed by the copyist Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥalwānī al-Shāfi‘ī in 1001 [= 1593].
Kitāb al-Īḍāḥ fīi asrār al-nikīḥ
The beginning of a treatise on sexual hygiene, Kitāb al-Īḍāḥ fīi asrār al-nikīḥ, by al-Shayzarī, who was a physician in Aleppo, Syria in the mid 12th century. The copy was completed on 23 Dhu al-Hijjah 1196 [= 29 November 1782].
Nuzhat al-adhhān fī aṣlāḥ al-abdān
The opening of the treatise on regimen, Nuzhat al-adhhān fī aṣlāḥ al-abdān ("The Delight of the Minds Concerning the Improvement of Bodies") by Dā’ūd ibn ‘Umar al-Anṭākī (d. 1599/1008). The copy was completed on 2 Rajab 1154 [= 13 September 1741] by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Maḥmūd, known as al-ḥakīm al-Lādhaqī, that is, the physician of Laodicea, a coastal town of Syria.
Tadāruk anwā‘ al-khaṭā’ al-wāqi‘ fī al-tadbīr
Visual acuity diagrams from the ophthalmological manual written in Egypt toward the end of the 14th century by Ṣadaqah ibn Ibrāhīm al-Shadhilī. The undated copy was completed sometime before an owner's note was placed in the volume in 1723/1135.
Ladhdhat al-nisā’
A full-page painting of a turbanned and seated ruler surrounded by courtiers. From a Persian treatise on sexual hygiene titled Ladhdhat al-nisā’ (The Enjoyment of Women) translated from an Indian text and copied and illustrated by Nakhshabī, whose dates are uncertain. The copy is undated; the miniatures are typical of provincial Mughal work of north-west India, especially Kashmir, in the 18th century.
Ladhdhat al-nisā’
An illustration (on lower half of page) of the diagnosis of lovesickness by feeling the pulse. From a Persian treatise on sexual hygiene titled Ladhdhat al-nisā’ (The Enjoyment of Women) translated from an Indian text and copied and illustrated by Nakhshabī, whose dates are uncertain. The copy is undated; the miniatures are typical of provincial Mughal work of north-west India, especially Kashmir, in the 18th century.
Ladhdhat al-nisā’
The illuminated opening of copy of a Persian treatise on sexual hygiene titled Ladhdhat al-nisā’ (The Enjoyment of Women) translated from an Indian text and copied and illustrated by Nakhshabī, whose dates are uncertain. The copy is undated, probably 18th century in north-west India.