The text begins defectively and some leaves are corroded by ink; the edges of some leaves are worn away, resulting in a slight loss of text, especially on fol. 1 Binding: Late nineteenth-century parchment binding with two parchment clasps; on spine in pencil: "Avicenna"; on a torn paper label in ink: "43**" Layout: Single column, twenty-seven to thirty-one lines, no ruling; written area: 260 x 184 mm Script: Gothic cursive Decoration: The spaces for initials are left unfilled, but the guide letters for the decorator are visible Related resource: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the census of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962, p. 434, no. 4. Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40). Related resource: Avicenna, Liber canonis medicinae; (Venetiis, 1527), Liber quintus ff. 391-420. Provenance: Typed note glued to inside front cover suggests that the text was "probably" written in Spain; early provenance unknown; purchased in 1949 from H. P. Kraus by Howard L. Goodhart (bookplate), and presented by him to Bryn Mawr College in 1951
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