Description of University of Pennsylvania Oversize LJS 417: Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Oversize LJS 417: Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Oversize LJS 417 9958645723503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/820028081 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs417.html http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5864572 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) of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. Extensive marginal notes on the first pages of the manuscript (f. 1v-3r), with frequent brief marginal notes in the rest of the manuscript. A somewhat later table of contents, arranged in a grid, has been added at the front of the volume (f. iii recto-xvii recto). Arabic Books III-V of al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb Avicenna, 980-1037 ابن سينا، scribe Fārij al-Karab Yūsuf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Fayyāḍ al-ʻArab, active 1494 فارج الكرب يوسف بن حسين بن فياض العرب، former owner Schoenberg, Lawrence J

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 626 leaves : 316 x 173 (220 x 172) mm. bound to 316 x 187 mm 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. Written in 29 long lines. 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). 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); some marginal notes in red, sometimes corresponding to overlined words or words in red in the main text; text block outlined with several narrow ink lines on the first 2 pages (f. 1v-2r); later table of contents in black and red (f. iii recto-xvii recto). Table, f. iii recto Table, f. iii verso Table, f. iv recto Table, f. iv verso Table, f. v recto Table, f. v verso Table, f. vi recto Table, f. vi verso Table, f. vii recto Table, f. vii verso Table, f. viii recto Table, f. viii verso Table, f. ix recto Table, f. ix verso Table, f. x recto Table, f. x verso Table, f. xi recto Table, f. xi verso Table, f. xii recto Table, f. xii verso Table, f. xiii recto Table, f. xiii verso Table, f. xiv recto Table, f. xiv verso Table, f. xv recto Table, f. xv verso Table, f. xvi recto Table, f. xvi verso Table, f. xvii recto Illuminated headpiece, f. 1v Illuminated headpiece, f. 542v

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.

Written in A.H. 899-904 (1494-1498, colophons, f. 356r, 489r, 541r, 598v).

A.H. 899-904 (1494-1498) Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 3 May 2001, lot 32, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012. Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016. Medicine--Early works to 1800 Medicine, Arab Medicine, Medieval Manuscripts, Arabic Manuscripts, 15th century Manuscripts, Renaissance Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Encyclopedias Treatises