One bifolium containing Avicenna’s Liber Canonis I. , Late fourteenth to fifteenth century.
Scope and Contents
Description: Written in Latin on parchment in a Semitextualis Libraria script. In two ruled columns and later marginal notes added. Rubrication in red ink, and red and blue initials with pen flourishes. Two rectangles have been cut from the center of each leaf approximately 90 x 10 mm in size.Provenance: Formerly j.28.ID Number: CornellMedMS_080_001.jpg (a); CornellMedMS_080_002.jpg (b); CornellMedMS_080_003.jpg (c); CornellMedMS_080_004.jpg (d).
Dates
- Late fourteenth to fifteenth century.
Creator
- From the Collection: Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420. (Person)
- From the Collection: Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. (Person)
- From the Collection: Marcus Tullius. Cicero (Person)
- From the Collection: Livy. (Person)
- From the Collection: Avicenna, 980-1037. (Person)
- From the Collection: Jutta, von Arnsberg. (Person)
- From the Collection: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. (Person)
- From the Collection: Duport, Jean Hersmulle (Former owner, Person)
- From the Collection: Thomas, of Breslau. (Title of work: Practica medicinalis..) (Person)
- From the Collection: Justinian, Emperor of the East, I, 483?-565. (Person)
- From the Collection: Ballis, Margarita de. (Person)
- From the Collection: Ricardus, de Mediavilla, approximately 1249-1308? (Person)
- From the Collection: Pseudo-Bonaventure. (Title of work: Stimulus amoris..) (Person)
- From the Collection: Gregory, of Nicomedia, -1240. (Person)
- From the Collection: Catholic Church. Pope (1484-1492 : Innocent VIII) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in various languages, including Latin, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, and Hebrew.
Extent
3 cubic feet.
Physical Description
Size: 318 x 236/464 mm (269 x 175 mm).
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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