Author
Avicenna, 980-1037.
Publication Date
1250
Publication Place
[England], [between 1250 and 1299] -
Subject
Medicine--Early works to 1800., Medicine., Medicine, Arab., Medicine, Medieval., Materia medica--Early works to 1800., Materia medica.
Type
Document
Language
ara,lat
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
17 leaves : parchment ; 284 x 210 (184 x 125) mm (Book 1); 287 x 213 (208 x 144) mm (Book 2)
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
774413818
Record ID
9954196093503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1250
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from opening rubric (f. 1r)., Collation: Parchment, i (modern paper wrapper) + 17 + i (modern paper wrapper); 1¹²(-1) 2² 3⁸(-4); columns numbered in an early hand, upper outer corners, 5-40 (Book 1, f. 3r-11v) and 351-354, 371-374, 347-350, 355-358, 367-370, 375-376, 378-379 (misnumbered for 377-378; Book 2, f. 12r-17v). Possible catchword on last verso (f. 17v). Link to collation model at end of record., Layout: Written in 2 columns of 52 (Book 1) and 58 (Book 2) lines; frame-ruled in lead with double horizontal bounding lines in Book 1 and double vertical bounding lines in Book 2; prickings visible., Script: Written in Gothic script by at least 2 hands (f. 1r-11v, 12r-17v); 14th-century Gothic script on repairs; 17th- and 18th-century pen trials and inscriptions (f. 12v, 13v, 17v)., Decoration: 6-line puzzle initial in red and blue with flourishing in red and blue (f. 1r); 1-line initials alternating between red and blue in the table of contents (f. 1r-2v); 2-line initials alternating between red and blue, with contrasting flourishes, in Book 1 (f. 3r-11v); running head L[iber] I in red and blue, sometimes with simple flourishes in the contrasting color (f. 1r-11v); underlining and rubrication in red throughout; manicules in brown and red ink throughout most of Book 1 (f. 3r-9r)., Binding: Sewn in modern paper wrapper., Origin: Written in England between 1250 and 1299 (Quaritch). | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Latin. | Possible 18th- or 19th-century ownership inscriptions: John Church (f. 13v); William Clarke (f. 18v)., Sold by Bernard Quaritch Ltd., cat. 1270 (2000), no. 7, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
Sample Text
Sections from Books 1 and 2 of Avicenna's 11th-century comprehensive medical work, as translated into Latin in the 12th century by Gherardo da Cremona. Book 1 addresses medicine generally; the section in the manuscript is from the first treatise and concerns the four elements. Book 2 is devoted to materia medica. A few small stemmata are drawn in the lower margins in Book 1(f. 3r-4r), and marginal notes and headings appear throughout, with marginal chapter numbers in the section from Book 2 (f. 12r-17v). Repairs to the centers of leaves in the section from Book 1, with vellum patches and text supplied in the first half of the 14th century (f. 5-11; Quaritch).
Atıf Şekli
Oversize LJS 359
Atıf Yapılan
Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 81 (LJS 359).
Tür
codices (bound manuscripts), treatises, Manuscripts, Latin., Manuscripts, Medieval.
