Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Avicenna, 980-1037.

[Fragments from Books III-V of Qānūn fī al-ṭibb] [manuscript].

Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. Selections.

[Iran or Turkey?, 12--?]

71 leaves : paper ; 249 x 160 mm., mounted on modern paper 323 x 198 mm.

Sections from Books III (al-Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah, diseases arranged by part of the body), IV (al-Amrāḍ al latī la takhaṣ bi-ʻuḍwīn bi-ʻaynih, diseases not specific to particular organs), and V (al-Adwiyah al-murakkabah, compound drugs, ointments, and electuaries) of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. Many marginal notes trimmed; some later marginal notes run from the manuscript leaves onto their modern paper frames.

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, 71; [1-27, 28a, 29a, 30-71], modern foliation in pencil, upper center; earlier foliation in ink suggests the original manuscript was at least 251 leaves.

Layout: Written in 40-41 long lines.

Script: Written in a non-vocalized naskh script with no diacritics, with marginal notes in multiple hands.

Decoration: Chapter titles, headings, and significant words or phrases in red ink.

Origin: Possibly written in Iran or Turkey in the 13th century.

UPenn LJS 322.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Pennsylvania LJS 322