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Rhazes Manuscript Archive Image

A photograph of an archived manuscript volume labelled with al-Razi's name, held in a medical library's collection.

A manuscript attributed to al-Razi in library records, though the listed dates do not match his known lifespan.

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Open manuscript volume photographed against a black background. The left page holds a typed catalogue card with a handwritten Rhazes label and number 2525, and a printed Wellcome Medical Library label reading MS. No. 682, accession number 66801. The right page is densely written in faded handwriting.
Rhazes manuscript, Archives & Manuscripts collection.

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This photograph shows an open manuscript volume photographed in an archive, with a typed catalogue card labelling it as connected to Rhazes, alongside a library accession label.

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The item shows how archives preserve and catalogue manuscripts attributed to historical scholars like al-Razi, though the exact dates given for him here do not match his known lifetime, reminding us to check sources carefully.

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