University of Pennsylvania, Oversize LJS 359

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DS ID:

DS627

Shelfmark:

Oversize LJS 359

Title:

Liber canonis

Canon of Medicine

Author:

Avicenna, 980-1037

Avicenna WIKIDATA

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

between 1250 and 1299

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 17 leaves : parchment ; 284 x 210 (184 x 125) mm (Book 1); 287 x 213 (208 x 144) mm (Book 2)

Former Owner(s):

Clarke, William

William Clarke WIKIDATA

Church, John

John Church WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from opening rubric (f. 1r).
Collation: Parchment, i (modern paper wrapper) + 17 + i (modern paper wrapper); 112(-1) 22 38(-4); columns numbered in an early hand, upper outer corners, 5-40 (Book 1, f. 3r-11v) and 351-354, 371-374, 347-350, 355-358, 367-370, 375-376, 378-379 (misnumbered for 377-378; Book 2, f. 12r-17v). Possible catchword on last verso (f. 17v). Link to collation model at end of record.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 52 (Book 1) and 58 (Book 2) lines; frame-ruled in lead with double horizontal bounding lines in Book 1 and double vertical bounding lines in Book 2; prickings visible.
Script: Written in Gothic script by at least 2 hands (f. 1r-11v, 12r-17v); 14th-century Gothic script on repairs; 17th- and 18th-century pen trials and inscriptions (f. 12v, 13v, 17v).
Decoration: 6-line puzzle initial in red and blue with flourishing in red and blue (f. 1r); 1-line initials alternating between red and blue in the table of contents (f. 1r-2v); 2-line initials alternating between red and blue, with contrasting flourishes, in Book 1 (f. 3r-11v); running head L[iber] I in red and blue, sometimes with simple flourishes in the contrasting color (f. 1r-11v...
Binding: Sewn in modern paper wrapper.
Origin: Written in England between 1250 and 1299 (Quaritch).
Possible 18th- or 19th-century ownership inscriptions: John Church (f. 13v); William Clarke (f. 18v).
Sold by Bernard Quaritch Ltd., cat. 1270 (2000), no. 7, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

treatises

Materia medica

Medicine

Medicine, Medieval

Early works

Medicine, Arab

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9954196093503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3hg6r/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania