COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 481 - 2
Obverse:
Ar. 481 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0909849dc
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, see pp. 176.32 (line 2) and 177.33 (line 4) for the titles of the chapters/fasls only
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
100 mm
Item width:
107 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
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. Legible in red are the titles of two chapters/fasls but the texts inbetween cannot be properly traced in the edition. Part of the sixth section on the mouth and tongue in the third book on particular diseases. Could this rather be a table of contents? Titles of chapters/fasls written in red ink. Text partially faded.
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:
PAR00481-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
2009-02-09
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
