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1. Harley MS 3744, ff 1r-5r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744, ff 1r-5r
Title:
Synonyma Avicennae
Scope & Content:
Synonyma Avicennae. Rubric (f. 1r): 'Incipiunt synonima avicenne seu alphabetum', incipit: 'Alphadini id est medicus', explicit (f. 5r) 'Zegi id est atramentum vel vitreolum / Expliciunt synonima avicenne'. Followed (f. 5r) by a medical note, incipit: 'Medicina artium exellentissima'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
5 folios.

2. Harley MS 3744, ff 136r-137v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744, ff 136r-137v
Title:
Medical notes
Scope & Content:
Medical notes including a glossary of Arabic words and their Latin equivalents and a list of medical drugs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:
2 folios.

3. Harley MS 3744, ff 6r-135v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744, ff 6r-135v
Title:
Avicenna, Canon medicine
Scope & Content:
Avicenna, Canon medicine, Books I, II, V. Latin translation by Gerardus Cremonensis (Gerard of Cremona). Title (f. 6r) 'Incipit liber primus', rubric 'Incipit liber canonis primus, quem prin/ceps aboali ab nicenni de medicina edi/dit translatus a magistro giraldo cremo/nensi in toleto de arabico ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
130 folios.

4. Harley MS 3744, ff 138r-154v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744, ff 138r-154v
Title:
Avicenna, Canon medicine, Book IV
Scope & Content:
Avicenna, Canon medicine, Book IV, Fen 1-2. Latin translation by Gerardus Cremonensis. Rubric (f. 138r): 'Incipit liber quartus canonis avicenne / fen prima de febre et sunt / quatuor tractatus / primus est de / febribus / effimeris', incipit: 'Febris est calor / extraneus accensus in corde', exp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
16 folios.

5. Harley MS 3744

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3744
Title:
Avicenna, Canon medicine
Scope & Content:
The volume contains books I, II, V, and IV of the medical summa by Ibn Sina, Abú 'Ali Al-Husain ibn 'Abd Allah (d. 1037), known in the West as Avicenna, in the Latin translation by Gerardus Cremonensis or Gerard of Cremona (circa 1113/4-1187). The volume is made up of two separate codicological ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 14th century-Early 15th century
Extent:

154 folios.