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[Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-Tibb]

Title	[Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-Tibb]
Author	Avicenna, 980-1037.
Publication Date:	1400
Publication Place	[between 1400 and 1499?] -
Subject	Medicine--Early works to 1800., Medicine., Medicine, Arab., Medicine, Medieval.
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	182 leaves : paper ; 322 x 222 (255 x 164) mm bound to 322 x 232 mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	819532887
Record ID	9958615963503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date	1400
Notes	Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Collation: Paper, 182; 1-18¹⁰ 19²., Layout: Written in 51 long lines., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed; headings in slightly larger script., Decoration: Headings and significant words and phrases in red ink; textblock outlined in ink., Binding: Brown leather over board with flap (Type II); blind stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis; flap has coordinating stamp; plain paper doublure; rebound., Origin: Probably copied in the 15th century (based on the paper), from a source manuscript dated 9 Ramadan, A.H. 608 (1212 CE, f. 182r). \| Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. \| Arabic. \| Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Nov. 1999., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Sample Text	15th-century copy of Books III (al-Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah, diseases arranged by part of the body), IV (al-Amrāḍ allatī lā takhuṣṣ bi-ʻuḍwin bi-ʻaynih, diseases not specific to particular organs), and V (al-Adwiyah al-murakkabah, compound drugs, ointments, and electuaries) from a 13th-century manuscript of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. The colophon of the 13th-century manuscript states that it was edited by Muḥammad ibn Abī Shujāʻ ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Kātib. The paper is brittle from oxidation; some repairs have been made.
Atıf Şekli	UPenn LJS 355.
Atıf Yapılan	Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 81 (LJS 355).
İçerik	Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah., Amrāḍ allatī lā takhuṣṣ bi-ʻuḍwin bi-ʻaynih., Adwiyah al-murakkabah., امراض الجزئية., امراض التي لا تخص بعضو بعينه., ادوية المركبة.
Tür	Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 15th century., Manuscripts, Renaissance., codices (bound manuscripts), treatises, Early works.

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[Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-Tibb]

Author Avicenna, 980-1037.

Publication Date 1400

Publication Place [between 1400 and 1499?] -

Subject Medicine--Early works to 1800., Medicine., Medicine, Arab., Medicine, Medieval.

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 182 leaves : paper ; 322 x 222 (255 x 164) mm bound to 322 x 232 mm

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 819532887

Record ID 9958615963503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Date 1400

Notes Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Collation: Paper, 182; 1-18¹⁰ 19²., Layout: Written in 51 long lines., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed; headings in slightly larger script., Decoration: Headings and significant words and phrases in red ink; textblock outlined in ink., Binding: Brown leather over board with flap (Type II); blind stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis; flap has coordinating stamp; plain paper doublure; rebound., Origin: Probably copied in the 15th century (based on the paper), from a source manuscript dated 9 Ramadan, A.H. 608 (1212 CE, f. 182r). | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Arabic. | Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Nov. 1999., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Sample Text 15th-century copy of Books III (al-Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah, diseases arranged by part of the body), IV (al-Amrāḍ allatī lā takhuṣṣ bi-ʻuḍwin bi-ʻaynih, diseases not specific to particular organs), and V (al-Adwiyah al-murakkabah, compound drugs, ointments, and electuaries) from a 13th-century manuscript of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. The colophon of the 13th-century manuscript states that it was edited by Muḥammad ibn Abī Shujāʻ ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Kātib. The paper is brittle from oxidation; some repairs have been made.

Atıf Şekli UPenn LJS 355.

Atıf Yapılan Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 81 (LJS 355).

İçerik Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah., Amrāḍ allatī lā takhuṣṣ bi-ʻuḍwin bi-ʻaynih., Adwiyah al-murakkabah., امراض الجزئية., امراض التي لا تخص بعضو بعينه., ادوية المركبة.

Tür Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 15th century., Manuscripts, Renaissance., codices (bound manuscripts), treatises, Early works.