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This a very early and beautifully written copy of part I of Ibn Sina's famous medical encyclopaedia.
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IRAQ, EGYPT OR SYRIA, AH 11 SAFAR 653/22 MARCH 1255 AD
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ABU 'ALI AL-HUSAYN IBN 'ABDALLAH IBN SINA (D. AH 428/1037 AD): AL-QANUN FI AL-TIBB (PART I)
Iraq, Egypt or Syria, AH 11 Safar 653/22 March 1255 AD
Medical encyclopaedia, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 267ff. as numbered with 21ll. of sepia naskh, titles in red, copious marginal annotations in the hand of the scribe and others, final folio with colophon recording the completion of the manuscript by the scribe Ishaq ibn Isma'il ibn Ibrahim on the 11 Safar 653, generally good condition, first two folios later replacements, opening flyleaf with later library annotations, binding composed of 14th century brown morocco boards with tooled roundels
Folio 9½ x 6½in. (24.2 x 16.1cm.)
Iraq, Egypt or Syria, AH 11 Safar 653/22 March 1255 AD
Medical encyclopaedia, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 267ff. as numbered with 21ll. of sepia naskh, titles in red, copious marginal annotations in the hand of the scribe and others, final folio with colophon recording the completion of the manuscript by the scribe Ishaq ibn Isma'il ibn Ibrahim on the 11 Safar 653, generally good condition, first two folios later replacements, opening flyleaf with later library annotations, binding composed of 14th century brown morocco boards with tooled roundels
Folio 9½ x 6½in. (24.2 x 16.1cm.)
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