[Fragments from Books III-V of Qānūn fī al-ṭibb]

Name:

Avicenna, 980-1037

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1200

Description:

Sections from Books III (al-Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah, diseases arranged by part of the body), IV (al-Amrāḍ allatī lā takhuṣṣu ʻuḍwan bi-ʻaynih, diseases not specific to particular organs), and V (al-Adwiyah al-murakkabah, compound drugs, ointments, and electuaries) of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. Many marginal notes trimmed; some later marginal notes run from the manuscript leaves onto their modern paper frames.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Muḥammad ʻAbduh (ownership stamp, possibly of Iranian or Turkish origin, f. 22r, 26r).; Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Aug. 1999.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; ʻAbduh, Muḥammad, former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., 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/ljs322.html; Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000259

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Medieval; gatherings (gathered matter components); fragments (object portions); treatises; Stamps (Provenance)

Physical Description:

71 leaves : paper; 249 x 160 mm, mounted on modern paper 323 x 198 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, 71; [1-27, 28a, 29a, 30-71], modern foliation in pencil, upper center; earlier foliation in ink suggests the original manuscript was at least 251 leaves.; Layout: Written in 40-41 long lines.; Script: Written in naskh in brown ink; unpointed, unvocalized; marginal notes in black or purple ink; pointed.; Decoration: Chapter titles, headings, and significant words or phrases in red ink.; Origin: Item is undated; possibly written in the 13th century.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 322

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)