[Sefer ha-Ḳanon] ... [etc.]

Name:

Avicenna, 980-1037

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Hebrew translation of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia; its division into 4 books is customary for Hebrew translations, but it also has unusual additional sections on drugs, the liver and intestines, and heart diseases. Short medical works in Judeo-Arabic precede Avicenna's work, and a Judeo-Arabic commentary on Galen follows it; these were written by Saʻīd Danūkh, who also wrote marginal notes alongside the Avicenna.

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Saʻīd Danookh (signed glosses, p. 15-16).; Formerly owned by David Solomon Sassoon (Ms. 428, labels on spine and inside upper cover).; Sold as part of the Sassoon collection at auction at Sotheby's, 21 Jun. 1994, lot 54.; Appeared in Sam Fogg's cat. 16 (1995), no. 83; sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Apr. 1999.; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.; Danūkh, Saʻīd, former owner.; Sassoon, David Solomon, 1880-1942, former owner.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1338710; 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/ljs299.html

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Annotations; Commentaries; Encyclopedias; Treatises; Manuscripts, Hebrew; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

147 leaves : paper; 210 x 153 (142 x 100) mm bound to 220 x 160 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger from title for predominant work.; Table of contents: 1. p.1-14: [Brief medical passages or fragments in Judeo-Arabic]; Table of contents: 2. p.15-16: [Sayings of Galen in Hebrew and Arabic / glossed by Saʻīd Danookh]; Table of contents: 3. p.17-18: [Refuʼat (Prescriptions) in Judeo-Arabic]; Table of contents: 4. p.19-234: [Sefer ha-Ḳanon / Avicenna]; Table of contents: 5. p.235-294: [Commentary on Galen in Judeo-Arabic]; Collation: Paper, i + 147 + i; 1⁴ 2-5⁸ 6⁶ 7-15⁸ 16⁴ 17-19⁸ 20⁸(-3); [1-294], modern pagination in pencil, usually lower center.; Layout: Predominant work written in 27 long lines (p. 19-234); Judeo-Arabic works written in 29-32 long lines.; Script: Predominant work written in 15th-century Yemeni semi-cursive Hebrew script with rubrics in square script (p. 19-234); Judeo-Arabic works written in a second 15th- or early 16th-century Yemeni semi-cursive Hebrew script in the hand of Saʻīd Danookh, with marginal notes by other hands as well.; Binding: Contemporary (15th-century) or very early morocco, blind-stamped, over pasteboards; remnants of 2 pairs of leather loops (lower cover) and toggles (upper cover).; Origin: Written in Yemen in the 15th century, with additional works and glosses added in the 15th or early 16th century.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Predominant work in Hebrew (p. 19-234), with shorter works in Judeo-Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 299

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)