al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb القانون في الطبّ Avicenna ابن سينا
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+645+i. It was created in 4 Shawwāl 1069. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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The Canon of Medicine (القانون في الطبّ) by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, 980-1037). This complete copy of one of the most influential Arabic medical texts is richly illuminated, decorated and bound in Safavid Persian style. The copy was completed on 4 Shawwāl 1069/25 June 1659 by Kulayb ‘Utbat Imām al-Sādis Muḥammad Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Husayn al-Tabrīzī (كلَيب عتبة إمام السادس محمد صادق بن محمد حسين التبريزي, see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. f. 645r, lines 7-8, transcribed below). The title page (f. 1r) is heavily gilt, and earlier inscriptions are visible below the gold. Folios 1v-14r contain a detailed table of contents, and begins with illuminated frontispiece. Lavishly illuminated frontispieces are found at the beginning of each book (ff. 15v-16r, 103v-104r, 202v, 445v-446r and 592v) at incipit of text. The outer margin of f. 525, that previously bore a seal impression (as evidenced by the ink smudge on the facing page [f. 524v]) has been severed. The fore edge, top and tail are illuminated in gold.
Title page (f. 1r) reads:
هذه النسخة في علم الطبّ
نسخة عظيمة مشتملة على قوانينه
الكلية والجزئية ومشتملة على
ما لا بد منه للطبيب وتسمّى
قانونًا وقسمه إلى خمسة على ما ترى
في الفهرس
Begins (f. 15v, lines 2-4):
الفن الأول من الكتاب الأول في حد الطب وموضوعاته من الأمور الطبيعية يشتمل على سير تعاليم
الفصل الأول من التعليم الأول من الفن الأول من الكتاب الأول من كتاب القانون في حد الطب
أقول أن الطب يتعرف من ه أحوال بدن الإنسان من جهة ما يصح ويزول عنها لتحفظ الصحة حاصلة
Ends (ff. 244v, line 27-245r, line 1):
... اكسومالي هو السكنجبين المتخذ
من الخل والعسل والماء وقد يضيق إليه قوم ما البحر أو ملحة ومن
جملة نسخ ذلك خل خمس قوطولي والقوطولي سبع
أواقي ومن ملح البحر منوين ومن العسل عشرة
أمناء ومن الماء عشر قوطولات يغلي عشر
غليات ويرفع. اوكسالي خل
يخلط بماء الملح. روذومالي
شراب يتخذ بعصارة الورد مع عسل
Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 645r, lines 5-14):
تم كتاب الأقراباذين وبتمامه تمت الكتب الخمسة
المشتملة على القانون وقد وقع الفراغ من كتابته
على يد كلَيب عتبة إمام السادس محمد صادق بن
محمد حسين التبريزي غفر الله ذنوبهما وستر
عيوبهما بمحمد وآله وكان ذلك في يوم الأربعاء
رابع شهر الشوال ختم بالخير والإقبال
من شهور سنة تسعة وستّين بعد
الألف من الهجرة النبوية
عليه ألف ألف
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+645+i
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 358 x 212 mm leaf [241 x 120 mm written]
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah (?); 33 lines per page; vertical spacing 14 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh ; the scribe is Kulayb ‘Utbat Imām al-Sādis Muḥammad Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad Husayn al-Tabrīzī (كلَيب عتبة إمام السادس محمد صادق بن محمد حسين التبريزي, see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. f. 645r, lines 7-8)
Ink: Main text in black ink, with headings in red, blue and gold, and punctuation in red; page borders in green, blue, red, black and gold
Decoration: Heavily illuminated and gilt with features of particular interest on ff. f. 1r, 1v, 15v-16r, 103v-104r, 202v, 445v-446r and 592v; fore edge, top and tail are illuminated in gold
Binding: Elaborately gilt-tooled Islamic leather binding with flap; medallions with pendants, corner pieces and borders; red leather doublure
Condition: Excellent throughout; two holes in f. 644 repaired
Marginalia: Very few
Seals: f. 262r
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- Arabic in Arabic script
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- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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- Archive reference
- Or 5033
- Date(s)
- 4 Shawwāl 1069 (AH, Hijri qamari)
- Context of creation
Persia
- Provenance
Seal, name illegible, dated 1130/1717-18 (f. 262r)
- Finding aids
- Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 43
- Hamarneh, Sami, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library (Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte 1975), Item 99, p. 102
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Edition:
Ibn Sīnā, Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb , ed. by Idwār al-Qashsh, 2nd edition, 4 vols (Bayrūt: Muʾassasat ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1993)
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