United Kingdom, Cambridge, University Library, Or. 1012

United Kingdom, Cambridge, University Library, Or. 1012

Averroes' Commentary onAvicenna's Cantica

Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 120 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: not available

Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Western foliation (pencil); catchwords
    Mistake: f. 73r was skipped. The DARE foliation offers the correct counting.
  • Decoration:
    Avicenna 's text is written partly in red.
  • Layout:


    About 20 lines to the page.

    Avicenna 's text is written in a larger size.
  • Hand Description:
    One hand; scholar's maghribī.
  • Binding Description:
    Original brown leather binding with a flap ( x1 ) and gold embossing on cover and spine. The fragment of another manuscript is sticked at the inner side of the cover ( x2 ). The flap is got torn ( x4 ).
History
  • Origin Date: December 1716 / January 1717 (Muḥarram 1129 h.)
  • Origin Place: not available
  • Arthur J. Arberry , A second supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts in the University and Colleges of Cambridge, Cambridge (1952) [Link]
Content
Averroes Commentary on Avicenna’s Cantica 2v - 118r
  • Note:
    The introduction is lacking. No text from f. 118v on.