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Liber canonis

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3hg6r
Title: Liber canonis
Name: Avicenna, 980-1037, Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187 (translator)
Date: 1250
Collection: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Codices, Treatises, Manuscripts, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Sections from Books 1 and 2 of Avicenna's 11th-century comprehensive medical work, as translated into Latin in the 12th century by Gherardo da Cremona. Book 1 addresses medicine generally; the section in the manuscript is from the first treatise and concerns the four elements. Book 2 is devoted to materia medica. A few small stemmata are drawn in the lower margins in Book 1(f. 3r-4r), and marginal notes and headings appear throughout, with marginal chapter numbers in the section from Book 2 (f. 12r-17v). Repairs to the centers of leaves in the section from Book 1, with vellum patches and text supplied in the first half of the 14th century (f. 5-11; Quaritch).
Extent: 17 leaves : parchment ; 284 x 210 (184 x 125) mm (Book 1); 287 x 213 (208 x 144) mm (Book 2)
Language: Latin
Coverage: Early works to 1800
Note: Ms. codex., Title from opening rubric (f. 1r)., Table of contents: 1. f.1r-2v: [Preface and beginning of table of contents], Table of contents: 1. f.3r-11v: [Section of Book 1], Table of contents: 2. f.12r-17v: [Section of Book 2], 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); underlining and rubrication in red throughout; manicules in brown and red ink throughout most of Book 1 (f. 3r-9r)., Binding: Sewn in modern paper wrapper., Origin: Written in England between 1250 and 1299 (Quaritch)., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Latin.
Relation: Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1502736, The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3hg6r, Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs359.html, Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/74
Subject: Medicine -- Early works to 1800, Medicine, Medicine, Arab, Medicine, Medieval, Materia medica -- Early works to 1800, Materia medica
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 359
Provenance: 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., Clarke, William, former owner., Church, John, former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9954196093503681

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

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Metadata

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

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