MS Arabic 16 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
Books 1, 2 and 3 of Kitāb al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb by Avicenna
The first book of Avicenna's Canon.
The second book of Avicenna's Canon.
The third book of Avicenna's Canon.
References
Physical Description
Collation
Condition
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black, red headings
Scribe: احمد بن ابراهيم التبريزي ( Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Tabrīzī )
1520 1:1 100 45Decoration
Elaborate ʿunwān
- Orthography: The diacritical dots are rarely indicated. The hamza is usually omitted.
Binding
European, cardboard; Leather spine with tooling: "KANUN / FI'T'TIBB / RAIS / IBN SINA/ AVICENNA // ARABIC MS AD 1337".
Fols. 1a, 314b: Seal of Muḥammad Aḥmad
Accompanying Material
Fol. 1a: an elaborate ʿunwān (كتاب القانون [ف]ى الطبّ) and below the painted library seal (later damaged and subsequently restored): برسم الحرانه الڦاليه الاميرڻه الكبڻرڻه رحب الدّوادر عمرها اللّه ڻطول رفاه
Owners' and readers' notes:
a. Semi-erased: [damaged]... ڻفضِل اللّهِ تعالى الي [م]لك احوبيده الي رحمتهِ محمّد ڻن ڻوڻه بماردين سڻه ٧٣٧ عفا اللّه تعالى عنهما
b. Copyist's note: نوڻه دار الاڻڻفاع الى ڻوڻه العڻد الڦّر [not clear]... ڻڻارى ى اكلمه
c. من كل^ام رسول الله صَلى اللَّه عَليْه وَسلم وَصية لابن عُمر رضى الله عنه [damaged] كنْ فى الدّنيا كانّك فى [damaged]... P. Scheidius 1769
d. كڻڻڀ وقداسڀ لا س.ك اڻڻى ستبلا ڻدى ڻوڻا و [non clear] كڻاڻا واعلم ڻاڻ للله غرتا [non clear] لها ڻڻالڻڀ شعرى ڦاذ ڻكون حى لها طالع فيه للعبد الڦڦر [damaged]... على ڻن صالح عڦر له [damaged]... فى شهر [damaged]...
e. [damaged]... الى المحڻاح الحه ڻه لكلڻل [damaged]... لڻلڻڀ للڻفى ڻلله العلا كبر لسڻ مع المقر المرحوم ڻمر الاڻاڻلى ڦان ڻعمده لڻڻه [non clear] غفر لله ولواليه ڻوم ڻلڀ سعبان سنه [non clear]
f. ثم ملكه العبد الڦڦڻر خلڻل [non clear] لسڻدى بدر الدڻن [damaged] ش [damaged] اى ادام الله عونه
g. اڻڻڦل ڻطرڻق [damaged] الكنبى سهاده ولد ڻور الدڻڻ [non clear]
h. Two red stamps (erased).
Fols 3 - 4, 6a, 7a, 57a, 61b, 67b, 77b, 89b, 99b, 103a, 106b, 107a, 115b, 118a, 123b, 132b - 134b, 140a, 142b, 152b, 154b, 158b, 167a - 168b, 169b, 170a, 171ab, 173a, 175a, 176b, 178ab, 182b, 184a, 187a, 191b - 192b, 194a - 197a, 198b, 200a - 201b, 203a - 204b, 207a, 208a, 209ab, 213a - 214a, 215b, 217b, 219ab, 221a, 222a, 222b - 223a, 225a, 226a - 227a, 228b - 231a, 233a - 234b, 249a, 252a, 259a, 259a, 260a, 262b - 263a, 269b, 271b, 272b, 273b - 274a, 275a, 276ab, 279a, 281b, 283a, 286a, 288a, 289a, 290ab, 293b, 294a, 296ab, 298ab, 299b - 300b, 304b - 305a, 306a, 307a, 308a, 310b, 311a, 313b, 314a contain occasional additions and corrections.
Fols. 239 - 240 are cut off.
Fol. 131a has blank space for ʿunwān.
Text on the foredge: قانون للشيخ ابو على بن سينا.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Known owners and readers: [Everardus] Schedius (1769)
Khalīl b. al-Muttaqī bi-Allāh al-ʿAlāʾī
Khalīl b. al-Sanadī Badr al-Dīn.
Welcome Library Accession Number: 41582