COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 479 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 479 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0909844dc
Image Title:
Canon of Medicine
Subject:
Medicine
Creator:
Avicenna (980-1037)
Creator Role:
Author
Source title:
Al-Qanun fi'l-Tibb
Translated source title:
The Canon of Medicine
Section:
Book III, Section/Fann 6
Citation reference:
Baghdad: Maktabat al-Muthanna, 1970 edition, vol. 2, cf. pp. 180.21-2 (lines 1-2), 181.7 (line 3)
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
100 mm
Item width:
106 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink (black and red)
Interrelation fragments:
Ar. 479 and Ar. 481 from same manuscript; see also Ar. 188
Notes:
6 lines. Text partially faded. Apparently, a few quotes from the sixth section on the mouth and tongue in the third book on particular diseases. Could this be a table of contents? Titles of chapters/fasls written in red ink.
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
PAR00479-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2009-02-09
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
