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Hebrew translation of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia; its division into 4 books is customary for Hebrew translations, but it also has unusual additional sections on drugs, the liver and intestines, and heart diseases. Short medical works in Judeo-Arabic precede Avicenna's work, and a Judeo-Arabic commentary on Galen follows it; these were written by Saʻīd Danūkh, who also wrote marginal notes alongside the Avicenna.
Support: paper; Extent: 147 leaves : 210 x 153 (142 x 100) mm. bound to 220 x 160 mm; Collation: Paper, i + 147 + i; 1⁴ 2-5⁸ 6⁶ 7-15⁸ 16⁴ 17-19⁸ 20⁸(-3); [1-294], modern pagination in pencil, usually lower center.
Predominant work written in 27 long lines (p. 19-234); Judeo-Arabic works written in 29-32 long lines.
Predominant work written in 15th-century Yemeni semi-cursive Hebrew script with rubrics in square script (p. 19-234); Judeo-Arabic works written in a second 15th- or early 16th-century Yemeni semi-cursive Hebrew script in the hand of Saʻīd Danookh, with marginal notes by other hands as well.
Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger from title for predominant work.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Yemen
Written in Yemen in the 15th century, with additional works and glosses added in the 15th or early 16th century.
Contemporary (15th-century) or very early morocco, blind-stamped, over pasteboards; remnants of 2 pairs of leather loops (lower cover) and toggles (upper cover).
Predominant work in Hebrew (p. 19-234), with shorter works in Judeo-Arabic
Formerly owned by Saʻīd Danookh (signed glosses, p. 15-16).
Formerly owned by David Solomon Sassoon (Ms. 428, labels on spine and inside upper cover).
Sold as part of the Sassoon collection at auction at Sotheby's, 21 Jun. 1994, lot 54.
Appeared in Sam Fogg's cat. 16 (1995), no. 83; sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Apr. 1999.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.
Yemen
Written in Yemen in the 15th century, with additional works and glosses added in the 15th or early 16th century.
Predominant work in Hebrew (p. 19-234), with shorter works in Judeo-Arabic
Formerly owned by Saʻīd Danookh
Formerly owned by David Solomon Sassoon
Sold as part of the Sassoon collection at auction at Sotheby's, 21 Jun. 1994, lot 54.
Appeared in Sam Fogg's cat. 16
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.
Hebrew translation of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia; its division into 4 books is customary for Hebrew translations, but it also has unusual additional sections on drugs, the liver and intestines, and heart diseases. Short medical works in Judeo-Arabic precede Avicenna's work, and a Judeo-Arabic commentary on Galen follows it; these were written by Saʻīd Danūkh, who also wrote marginal notes alongside the Avicenna.
Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger from title for predominant work.
Predominant work written in 15th-century Yemeni semi-cursive Hebrew script with rubrics in square script (p. 19-234); Judeo-Arabic works written in a second 15th- or early 16th-century Yemeni semi-cursive Hebrew script in the hand of Saʻīd Danookh, with marginal notes by other hands as well.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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