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Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, M III 5 : Avicenna, Manẓūma fī ăṭ-ṭibb

Title	Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, M III 5 : Avicenna, Manẓūma fī ăṭ-ṭibb
Publication Date:	1600
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Biblioteca de la Universidad de Alcalá
Record ID	cdi_manuscriptorium_primary_ECODIC_CHUBB_M_III_5_2XYF6PA_en
Library Location	Full text available
Date	1600
Notes	Didactic poem in Arabic by Avicenna (d. 1037) about the art of healing. The manuscript was written in the 17th century on paper of European provenance and came to the university library in 1682 as a gift from Konrad Harber. According to the canon, the Urǧūza (or Manẓūma) fī ṭ-ṭibb is the Persian scholar’s greatest contribution to medicine. Armengaud Blaise translated it into Latin in Montpellier in 1284 under the title Cantica; a version of the translation, revised by Andrea Alpago, was printed in Venice in 1527.

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Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, M III 5 : Avicenna, Manẓūma fī ăṭ-ṭibb

Publication Date 1600

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Biblioteca de la Universidad de Alcalá

Record ID cdi_manuscriptorium_primary_ECODIC_CHUBB_M_III_5_2XYF6PA_en

Library Location Full text available

Date 1600

Notes Didactic poem in Arabic by Avicenna (d. 1037) about the art of healing. The manuscript was written in the 17th century on paper of European provenance and came to the university library in 1682 as a gift from Konrad Harber. According to the canon, the Urǧūza (or Manẓūma) fī ṭ-ṭibb is the Persian scholar’s greatest contribution to medicine. Armengaud Blaise translated it into Latin in Montpellier in 1284 under the title Cantica; a version of the translation, revised by Andrea Alpago, was printed in Venice in 1527.