Sections from Book I of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. Some leaves missing at the beginning; the first full chapter (fann 1, doctrina 3, chapter 1) is entitled: amzijat al-aʻḍāʼ and the manuscript ends near the beginning of fann 4, chapter 3. One leaf has 13th-century marginal transliterations into Hebrew of Arabic terms in the text (f. 50r-50v); other marginal notes in Arabic throughout. Worm damage, stains, and tears in margins throughout; two loose folia that belong to the beginning and end of the manuscript.
Creator:
Avicenna, 980-1037.
Date:
1100
Description:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Rights:
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Notes:
Origin: Likely copied in Spain, in Cordoba or Toledo, in the first half of the 12th century.; Decoration: Headings in ink that now appears purple; diagram of the sutures of the cranium (f. 14v).; Foliation: Paper, 92; [1-92], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.; Ms. codex.; Script: Written in maghribi script in brown ink, with a slightly larger script used for headings; a few marginal transliterations written in 13th-century Spanish Sephardi cursive script (Sam Fogg).; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: Written in 25 long lines.; Arabic, with a few annotations in Hebrew (f. 50r-50v).
Physical Location:
LJS 446
Collection:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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