Fragments from Books III-V of Qānūn fī al-ṭibb.
- Holding institution:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Fragments from Books III-V of Qānūn fī al-ṭibb.
- Creator:
- Avicenna, 980-1037
- Date:
- 12--?
- 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
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Arabic--13th century
Manuscripts, Medieval
Gatherings (gathered matter components)
Fragments (object portions)
Treatises
Stamps (Provenance)
Early works
Medicine--Early works to 1800
Medicine, Arab
Medicine, Medieval
Medicine - 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.
- Extent:
- Written in 40-41 long lines.
- Publisher:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Oversize LJS 322: Fragments from Books III-V of Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
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- Oversize LJS 322
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World