Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (DS660) (Q3385)
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- Qānūn fī al-ṭibb.
- قانون في الطب.
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| English | Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (DS660) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9958645723503681, Oversize LJS 417) |
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Avicenna, 980-1037
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Fārij al-Karab Yūsuf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Fayyāḍ al-ʻArab, active 1494
فارج الكرب يوسف بن حسين بن فياض العرب، active 1494،
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Schoenberg, Lawrence J
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A.H. 899-904 (1494-1498)
15. century
1494Gregorian
1498Gregorian
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Extent: 626 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 316 x 173 (220 x 172) mm bound to 316 x 187 mm
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Binding: Composite leather, front and back covers are different colors with different style stamps; blind-stamped central medallion with two pendants on the vertical axis; bright red leather spine and edges; endbands in bright blue and pink; paper label with title Kitāb al-Qānūn in ink on upper cover.
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Origin: Written in A.H. 899-904 (1494-1498, colophons, f. 356r, 489r, 541r, 598v).
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Ms. codex.
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Decoration: 2 illuminated headpieces, the first rubbed (f. 1v, 542v), and space left open for another headpiece (f. 357v); overlining, a few significant words and phrases, and simple ornamentation around colophons (f. 356r, 489r, 541r) in red ink in first section of manuscript (f. 1v-541r); much less overlining and more words and phrases in red in second section of manuscript (f. 542v-598v...
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Script: Written in naskh script, in the hand of Fārij al-Karab Yūsuf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Fayyāḍ al-ʻArab (colophons, f. 356r, 489r, 541r, 598v) and also perhaps another hand (f. 1v-541r, 542v-598v).
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Foliation: Paper, xviii (later) + 598; [i-xviii, i], 1-540, [i], 541-596, foliation added in ink, perhaps at the same time as the table of contents, upper left recto; [i-xviii, 1-598], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.
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Layout: Written in 29 long lines.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
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Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 3 May 2001, lot 32, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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