A medical text based on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’; ed. Bulaq 1871, II:245-247), dealing with inflammation and swelling, in particular pleurisy and pneumonia.Condition: Tiny holes, rubbedLayout: 13 lines
Leaves from a medical work on respiratory diseases, coughs, epistaxis, and diseases of the tongue, with material extracted from Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’) (ed. Būlāq II: 172 and 217-218).Condition: Torn, holes, rubbed, faded, stainedLayout: 13 lines
Materia medica from a codex written in unusually small handwriting and leaving a wide margin. The text is taken from Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’; ed. Būlāq I: 288f). Simples mentioned include madder, theriac, millet, Datura metel, and cinnamon, with uses such as aphrodisiacs, treatment of stomach pains and colic.Condition: Torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 22 lines (recto); 21 lines (verso)
Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), end of chapter 18 on the anatomy of the muscles of the forearm and beginning of chapter 19 on the anatomy of the muscles of the wrist (ed. Būlāq I: 47-48).Condition: Torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 15 lines (recto); 16 lines (verso)
Leaves from a draft copy of a commentary on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’; ed. Būlāq, I:73). Fol. 1r has unrelated jottings.Condition: Torn, slightly fadedLayout: 10 lines + marginalia
Commentary on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with phlebotomy and the lancing of abscesses; fragment P2 contains the beginning of the section on simple drugs (ed. Būlāq, Cairo 1871, I: 203-204, 216, 222).Condition: Torn, holes, faded, stainedLayout: 25 lines torn, holes, faded, stained
Leaf from a commentary on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with phlebotomy and purges (ed. Būlāq, Cairo, 1871, I: 196, 201).Condition: Torn, faded, stainedLayout: 25 lines
Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), on the four humours (ed. Būlāq, Cairo 1871, I:13 and I:17).Condition: Good conditionLayout: 21-23 lines + marginalia
Passage from Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), comprising the end of the 16th section and the beginning of the 17th (ed. Būlāq, Cairo 1871, I: 46), dealing with the anatomy and function of muscles in the arm, the chest and the shoulder.Condition: Tiny holes, slightly stained and rubbedLayout: 15 lines + marginalia
From the introduction to Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), discussing the nature and object of study of medicine (ed. Būlāq 1871, I:4).Condition: TornLayout: 13 lines
From Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), the introductory discussion on medicine (ed. Būlāq 1871, I:4).Condition: Torn, holes, slightly stainedLayout: 10-11 lines
Two leaves from a compact copy of Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), here dealing with the different types of pulse (ed. Būlāq 1871, I: 129-130).Condition: Torn, tiny holes, slightly rubbed, slightly stainedLayout: 14 lines
Commentary on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with the management and treatment of different kinds of headache through diets, aromatic baths, and the use of a hat made out of the skin of the torpedo fish (ed. Būlāq 1871, II: 32-35).Condition: Torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 25 lines + marginalia
Bifolium from Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with the care of new-born infants and breast-feeding mothers (ed. Būlāq 1871, I: 149-150, 152-153).Condition: Holes, stained, slightly fadedLayout: 17 lines
Leaf of a medical work strongly dependent on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’; ed. Būlāq 1871, I: 6-11), focussing on the changes in the human body when it is exposed to moisture, dryness and sepsis.Condition: Holes, slightly rubbedLayout: 17 lines
Collection of recipes taken mostly from Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’): a paste useful for palpitations (ed. Būlāq 1871, III: 325); the preparation of the four theriacs (III: 317); the preparation of a purgative drink (III: 341); Persian peony (III: 332); and Roman peony (III: 331).Condition: Tiny holes, slightly stainedLayout: 26-31 lines
Leaf from a Judaeo-Arabic version of Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with medicine that helps increase the hotness, coldness, moisture and dryness of the body, according to the general humoral theory (ed. Būlāq 1871, I: 104-105).Condition: Torn, tiny holes, slightly rubbedLayout: 23 lines
Bifolium from the Arabic version of Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with the different kinds of headache (ed. Būlāq 1871, II: 37-39).Condition: HolesLayout: 20 lines + marginalia
Leaves from a Hebrew translation of Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), chapters 10-27, which deal with the anatomy of the muscles in the body (ed. Būlāq 1871, pp. I:43-51).Condition: Slightly stainedLayout: 28 lines
Passage from a Hebrew translation of Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with signs and symptoms of illnesses (ed. Būlāq Cairo 1871, I:112).Condition: Holes, slightly rubbed, stainedLayout: 25 lines
Bifolium from a Hebrew translation of Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), preserving part of chapter 9 on anatomy of the muscles in the lower jaw; part of chapter 10, on the anatomy of the muscles in the head; part of chapter 30 on the anatomy of the muscles of the toes.Layout: 13.4 x 30.4 (1 leaf: 15.3)
Part of a bifolium from a Hebrew translation of Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), including chapter 7, on the anatomy of the muscles of the mouth; chapter 8 on the anatomy of the muscles of the throat; chapter 28 (in part) on the anatomy of the muscles of the leg and the knee; chapter 29 (in part) on the anatomy of the muscles around the joint of the foot (ed. Būlāq Cairo 1871, I: 41, 51-52).Condition: Torn, rubbed, slightly stainedLayout: 14 lines
Leaf from an Arabic commentary on Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), preserving the first faṣl of the first jumla, on pulse (ed. Bulāq 1871, I:123). Verso preserves a portion of the ninth faṣl, devoted to useful signs of illness for prognosis.Condition: Torn, holes, slightly rubbedLayout: 14 lines
Portion of the first faṣl of Avicenna, Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’), dealing with materia medica and listing simples under the letter alif (ed. Bulāq 1871, I: 248-249).Condition: Torn, holes, rubbed, slightly stainedLayout: 23 lines
The main Arabic text describes the definition of medicine as a meeting of theory and practice as contained in Avicenna’s Al-qanūn fī l-ṭibb (‘Canon of medicine’; ed. Būlāq I:3). More Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic text is jotted on the page regardless of the direction of writing of the main text and overlapping with it.Condition: Torn, stainedLayout: 13 lines (recto); 15 lines (verso) + marginalia and interlinear additions