Canon medicinae (fragment).

Description

Title: Canon medicinae (fragment).
Creator: Avicenna, 980-1037
Published / Created: [between 1250 and 1350].
Publication Place: France?
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of book two of Avicenna's Canon medicinae as translated from Arabic into Latin by Gerard of Cremona; the section contained in the fragment details a variety of herbs and their medicinal qualities
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in a heavily abbreviated, Gothic hand.
Decoration: each medicinal entry begins with a 3-line initial, alternating red and blue with penwork in the contrasting color. Headings at the top of each page in red and blue. Each column contains decorative borderwork consisting of elongated strokes alternating in red and blue with red penwork.
Layout: in two columns of 68 lines each.
Damage: the fragment has been removed from a binding, where it possibly served as a wrapper. Glue and binding material are still attached to one side of the leaf; the other side is discolored with offsetting from the later book. A piece from the spine remains attached and reads "Bbb" [?].
Provenance: Purchased from Mackus Company on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2016.
Extent: 1 leaf : 348 x 235 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 13th century
Manuscripts, Medieval France 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Avicenna, 980-1037
Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Medicine, Medieval
Medicine, Arab
Subjects: Avicenna, 980-1037
Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medicine, Medieval
Medicine, Arab
France > 13th century
France > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Avicenna, Canon medicinae (Fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.