The Canon of Medicine

Description:

Folio 386 verso: Opening of the Fourth Book

Author:

Avicenna (980–1034)

Copyist:

Timurid court workshop

Language:

Arabic

Medium:

Ink and gold on paper

Location:

Iran

Dimensions:

Folio: H. 25.5 cm; W. 16 cm

Date:

Early 15th century

Inventory Number:

MS A 53

Lender:

U. S. National Library of Medicine

Download:

Digital copy of the manuscript in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

Credit:

Courtesy, US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health