Canon medicinae, liber V, 1380
Abstract
This is a Spanish manuscript from circa 1380, which contains Avicenna's Canon medicinae, liber V, translated by Gherardo da Sabbioneta.
Dates
- Creation: 1380
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Typed note glued to inside front cover suggests that the text was "probably" written in Spain; early provenance unknown; purchased in 1949 from H. P. Kraus by Howard L. Goodhart (bookplate).
Author
- Avicenna, 980-1037, author
- Gherardo da Sabbioneta, translator
Other related names
- Kraus, H.P., former owner
- Goodhart, Howard Lehman, former owner
- Goodhart, Howard Lehman, donor
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Howard L. Goodhart to Bryn Mawr College in 1951.
Physical Description
The text begins defectively and some leaves are corroded by ink; the edges of some leaves are worn away, resulting in a slight loss of text, especially on fol. 1. Written by a single scribe in gothic cursive; marginal notes in the same hand.
Paper support. Paper (thick, poor quality, no watermarks), f. i (modern paper) + iii (contemporary paper, tipped in, i=pastedown, now detatched, iii ruled) + 73 + iii (contemporary paper) +i (modern paper), 304 x 220 (246 x 172) mm.
Late 19th-century vellum binding with two vellum clasps. On spine in lead: "Avicenna" and on a torn paper label in ink: "43**"
iv+73+iv; 304 x 224 mm bound to 311 x 228 mm
Single column, twenty-seven to thirty-one lines, no ruling; written area: 260 x 184 mm
Gothic cursive script
Spaces for initials left unfilled, but guide letters for decorator are visible.
Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto
Genre / Form
Geographic
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