[Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb]; [manuscript].

Title:

[Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb] [manuscript].

Abstract:

Books III (al-Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah, diseases arranged by part of the body), IV (al-Amrāḍ al latī la takhaṣ bi-ʻuḍwīn bi-ʻaynih, diseases not specific to particular organs), and V (al-Adwiyah al-murakkabah, compound drugs, ointments, and electuaries) of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. Extensive marginal notes on the first pages of the manuscript (f. 1v-3r), with frequent brief marginal notes in the rest of the manuscript. A somewhat later table of contents, arranged in a grid, has been added at the front of the volume (f. iii recto-xvii recto).

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Format:

626 leaves : paper, col. ill.; 316 x 173 (220 x 172) mm. bound to 316 x 187 mm.

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn820028985; (OCoLC)820028985; (PU)5864572-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Arabic.

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 3 May 2001, lot 32, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Publisher:

A.H. 899-904 (1494-1498)

Subject:

Medicine -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine, Arab.; Medicine, Medieval.; Codices.; Encyclopedias.; Treatises.; Manuscripts, Arabic; 15th century.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Type:

Manuscript

Personal Name:

Farīj al-Karāb Yūsuf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Fayyāḍ al-ʻArab,; Schoenberg, Lawrence J.,

Call Number:

Oversize LJS 417

Collection:

Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts