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

Title:

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

Abstract:

Books II (materia medica), III (diseases arranged by part of the body), IV (diseases not specific to particular organs), and V (compound drugs, ointments, and electuaries) of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. Some marginal notes, beginning in Book III, with more toward the end of the volume; 2 notes in Arabic laid in following f. 144 and f. 275.

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Format:

367 leaves : paper; 318 x 220 (215 x 138) mm. bound to 318 x 230 mm. + 2 notes.

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn820004576; (OCoLC)820004576; (PU)5864396-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Arabic.

Provenance:

Possible ownership seal (f. 95r) and inscriptions (f. 1r).; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Oct. 2001.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Publisher:

[Persia, 15-- or 16--?]

Subject:

Medicine -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine, Arab.; Medicine, Medieval.; Codices.; Treatises.; Manuscripts, Arabic; 16th century.; 17th century.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Type:

Manuscript

Personal Name:

Schoenberg, Lawrence J.,

Call Number:

Oversize LJS 427

Collection:

Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts