[Sefer ha-Ḳanon] ... [etc.]

Creator:

Avicenna, 980-1037 (author)

Contributor:

Ibn Tibon, Mosheh, active 13th century (translator)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Books 1-3 and the beginning of Book 4 of Avicenna's 11th-century comprehensive medical work, translated into Hebrew from Arabic. At the end of the volume is Maimonides's 12th-century treatise on poisons, a much shorter work, which is also lacking the end of the text and was also translated from Hebrew to Arabic, by Mosheh Ibn Tibon. Marginal notes in Hebrew, with at least one in Italian (f. 44v).

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Solomon Hirschel, first Chief Rabbi of London.; Formerly held in the library of Jews' College (London; stamp, early flyleaf), no. 118 (inscription).; Formerly held in the library of the Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Ashkenazi rabbinical court, London), no. 139 (spine).; Sold at auction at Christie, Manson & Woods as part of the collection of the Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah, 23 Jun. 1999, lot 15, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.; Hirschel, Solomon, 1761-1842, former owner.; Jews' College (London, England), former owner.; Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Great Britain), former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs311.html; Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000245

Subject:

Medicine -- Early works to 1800; Medicine; Medicine, Arab; Medicine, Medieval; Toxicology -- Early works to 1800; Toxicology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); treatises; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

131 leaves : paper; 195 x 126 (126 x 95) mm bound to 204 x 148 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-117v: [Sefer ha-Ḳanon (incomplete) / Avicenna]; Table of contents: 2. f.118r-131v: [Maʼamar ha-nikhbad (incomplete) / Moses Maimonides]; Collation: Paper, iii (modern) + i (early) + 131 + ii (modern); 1¹²(-1) 2-8¹² 9¹⁴ 10¹² 11¹⁰; gatherings 1-9 signed with the first through ninth letters of the Hebrew alphabet, lower left corner last verso; [1-131], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords on last verso of each gathering, lower left verso.; Layout: Written in 26-27 long lines.; Script: Written in Italian semi-cursive Hebrew script.; Decoration: Occasional manicules (f. 18r, 23r, 26r, 27v, 38r, 112v, 122v, 125v).; Binding: Modern calf; Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Hebrew.; Related Work: Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Kitāb al-sumūm wa-al-mutaḥarriz min al-adwiyah al-qattālah. Hebrew.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 311

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)