COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL19046723
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 301
Image Title:
Page from book 2 of the Cannon of Medicine: Medicinal Simples
Parent Work Title:
Canon of Medicine
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Al-Qanun fi'l-Tibb
Creator:
Avicenna, 980-1037
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
19th century
Page/Sheet:
4b
Description:
Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā), On Simple Drugs, from Canon of Medicine, Indian Subcontinent, 1862. Avicenna incorporated knowledge from Greek, Syriac and Arabic authors into the Canon of Medicine. Book two of his Arabic medical encyclopaedia deals with simple drugs.
Language Code:
ara
Language:
Arabic
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
255 mm
Item Width:
175 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-04-18
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2019-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Page from book 2 of the Cannon of Medicine: Medicinal Simples
