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[Fragments from Books III-V of Qānūn fī al-ṭibb].
Author
Avicenna, 980-1037
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ابن سينا, 980-1037
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Uniform title
Qānūn fī al-ṭibb.
Selections
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قانون في الطب.
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[12--?]
Description
1 online resource (71 leaves) : paper
Details
Subject(s)
Medicine, Arab
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Medicine, Medieval
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Medicine
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Early works to 1800
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Former owner
ʻAbduh, Muḥammad
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عبده، محمد،
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Schoenberg, Lawrence J.
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Summary note
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.
Notes
Decoration: Chapter titles, headings, and significant words or phrases in red ink.
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.
Ms. codex.
Origin: Item is undated; possibly written in the 13th century.
Script: Written in naskh in brown ink; unpointed, unvocalized; marginal notes in black or purple ink; pointed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Location of originals
Original Columbia, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
OPenn University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
Language note
Arabic.
Provenance
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Formerly owned by Muḥammad ʻAbduh (ownership stamp, possibly of Iranian or Turkish origin, f. 22r, 26r).
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Sold by Sam Fogg Limited (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Aug. 1999.
References
Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), pages 81 (LJS 322).
Cite as
UPenn Oversize LJS 322.
OCLC
819424620
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