Ms. codex.

Books II (materia medica), III (diseases arranged by part of the body), IV (diseases not specific to particular organs), and V (compound drugs, ointments, and electuaries) of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. Some marginal notes, beginning in Book III, with more toward the end of the volume; 2 notes in Arabic laid in following f. 144 and f. 275.

Title for manuscript and section titles supplied by cataloger.

1. f.1v-56v: [Book II, al-Adwiyah al-mufradah]

2. f.57v-235v: [Book III, al-Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah]

3. f.236v-329r: [Book IV, al-Amrāḍ al latī la takhaṣ bi-ʻuḍwīn bi-ʻaynih]

4. f.329r-367r: [Book V, al-Adwiyah al-murakkabah]

Collation: Paper, i (19th-century?) + 367; 46 gatherings alternating between 6 leaves and 10 leaves, with the last gathering lacking one leaf; [1-367], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Catchword on each leaf, lower left verso.

Layout: Written in 31 long lines, with names of medicines and ailments written in the margins.

Script: Written in naskh script, except for the final leaves written in nastaʻlīq script (f. 362r-367r).

Decoration: Significant words and phrases in red ink; names of medicines and ailments in red ink in the margins corresponding to words in red in the text.

Binding: Possibly 19th-century Indian leather, with stamped medallions in green leather overlay.

Origin: Written in Persia in the 16th or 17th century.

Ms. codex.

15th-century copy of Books III (al-Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah, diseases arranged by part of the body), IV (al-Amrāḍ al latī la takhaṣ bi-ʻuḍwīn bi-ʻaynih, diseases not specific to particular organs), and V (al-Adwiyah al-murakkabah, compound drugs, ointments, and electuaries) from a 13th-century manuscript of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. The colophon of the 13th-century manuscript states that it was edited by Muḥammad ibn Abī Shujāʻ ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Kātib. The paper is brittle from oxidation; some repairs have been made.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Collation: Paper, 182; 1-18¹⁰ 19².

Layout: Written in 51 long lines.

Script: Written in naskh script with headings in slightly larger script.

Decoration: Headings and significant words and phrases in red ink; text block outlined in ink.

Binding: Leather, with blind-stamped medallions and flap attached to lower cover.

Origin: Probably copied in the 15th century (based on the paper), from a source manuscript dated 9 Ramadan, A.H. 608 (1212, f. 182r).

Ms. codex.

Sections from Books III (al-Amrāḍ al-juzʼīyah, diseases arranged by part of the body), IV (al-Amrāḍ al latī la takhaṣ bi-ʻuḍwīn bi-ʻaynih, diseases not specific to particular organs), and V (al-Adwiyah al-murakkabah, compound drugs, ointments, and electuaries) of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia. Many marginal notes trimmed; some later marginal notes run from the manuscript leaves onto their modern paper frames.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, 71; [1-27, 28a, 29a, 30-71], modern foliation in pencil, upper center; earlier foliation in ink suggests the original manuscript was at least 251 leaves.

Layout: Written in 40-41 long lines.

Script: Written in a non-vocalized naskh script with no diacritics, with marginal notes in multiple hands.

Decoration: Chapter titles, headings, and significant words or phrases in red ink.

Origin: Possibly written in Iran or Turkey in the 13th century.