Detail View: Rylands Collection: Page from book 2 of the Cannon of Medicine: Medicinal Simples
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Image Number:
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JRL19046724
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Reference Number:
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Arabic MS 301
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Image Title:
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Page from book 2 of the Cannon of Medicine: Medicinal Simples
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Parent Work Title:
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Canon of Medicine
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Al-Qanun fi'l-Tibb
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Creator:
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Avicenna, 980-1037
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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19th century
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Page/Sheet:
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5a
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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ara
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Language:
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Arabic
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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255 mm
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Item Width:
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175 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-04-18
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2019-10
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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