Liber canonis quem princeps Abicali ab inuicem de medicina edidit : a magistro Gerardo Cremonensi translatus in Tolleto

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Title
Liber canonis quem princeps Abicali ab inuicem de medicina edidit : a magistro Gerardo Cremonensi translatus in Tolleto
Alternative Title
Qānūn fī al-ṭibb. Latin
Liber canonis
Liber canonis medicinae
Creator
Avicenna, 980-1037
Contributor
Avicenna, 980-1037.
Hippocrates author.
Gherardo, da Sabbioneta, active 13th century translator.
Martini, Giuseppe, 1870-1944.
Published / Created
[between 1250? and 1350?]
Publication Place
Spain
Abstract

Manuscript, in unidentified hand, on parchment, containing books 1 (1r-97v), 2 (98r-195r), 4 (196r-303v), and 5 (306r-) of Avicenna's Liber Canonis or Canon Medicinae. Book 3 wanting. Collection of short medical texts follows: "Distinctio mensuraru[m] [et] ponderu[m] ex breuiario alfebyr" (342v-343r), "Distinctio ponderu[m] [et] m[en]suratu[m] ex breuiario filii sarapionis" (343r), "Pondera medicinalia signa conati sum[us]" (343r-343v), and the Secreta Ypocratis (343v-344v): "Peruenit ad nos [quia] cu[m] ypocras morti ap[pro]pinquaret". Also includes incomplete alphabetical index of medicial herbs (a-c; leaves iii verso-iv recto) and index of Arabic names: Incipiu[n]t expo[s]itiones nominu[m] arabico[rum] Auice[n]ne (leaves 345r-348v; Alfirdafu-Zicibil).

Description
In Latin.
Title from opening rubric.
Script: southern gothic textualis.
Decoration: several large puzzle initials in red and blue; alternating red and blue two-line initials with pen flourishes throughout. Rubrication.
Layout: 2 columns of 53 lines.
Binding: modern light-brown calf over pasteboards. Spine title in gold-tooling: Avicenna / Canon Medicinae / MS Saec. XIV.
Provenance
Copious 14th- and 15th-century manuscript marginalia. Manuscript notes on front lyleaves: "In isto uolumine continentur primus. secundus. quartus et quintus ... cum tertio qui est in alio uolumine foliorum xxuiii" (15th century, recto leaf i ); "Liber M ... Serapione cum seruitore, pro practica serapionis" (14th century, verso leaf i). Ex Libris of the Cigalini family: "ex libris Cigalinorum" (17th century; recto of leaf ii). Includes letter correspondence between Cushing and Joseph Martini, bookseller, and description from Martini's catalog (Catalogue 21 (193), n. 6). Purchased by Harvey Cushing from Joseph Martini in October 1930. Armorial bookplate of Harvey Cushing.
Extent
1 item (v + 351 leaves + iv) : 330 mm x 260 mm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Latin

Collection Information

Repository
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Call Number
Manuscript 4 Vault

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Annotations 14th century
Annotations 15th century
Armorial bookplates
Material
parchment ;
Resource Type
text
Subject (Topic)
Medicine, Medieval
Medicine, Arab
Medicine
Manuscripts
Subjects
Medicine, Medieval
Medicine, Arab
Medicine > Manuscripts > Early works to 1800
14th century
15th century
Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 > Bookplate

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4444103
Object ID (OID)
16960284

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