USA, Bethesda (MD), National Library of Medicine, MS A 59

Averroes' Commentary onAvicenna's Cantica
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 163 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 202 x 147 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Catchwords and modern pagination
  • Collation:
    The first seven folios (f. 1r- 7v ) are modern replacements for apparently damaged pages
  • Condition Description:
    Paper partly browned and wormeaten
  • Decoration:
    1r- 7v : gray ink with headings and text being commented upon written in magenta, rubrications. 8r- 51v : black ink, rubrications. 52r- 163v : black ink, headings and poetry being commented upon in red.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in one column

    23 to 27 lines to the page
  • Hand Description:
    Three hands
    1r- 7v : 1st hand (recent), Maghribī script, body of text: 145 x 92 mm; ivory paper with laid and single chain lines
    8r- 51v : 2nd hand, Naskh script, body of text: 163 x 110 mm; glossy cream paper which appears older than that used by the third hand
    52r- 163v : 3rd hand, Nashk script, body of text: 163 x 110 mm; glossy cream paper with laid and single chain lines
  • Binding Description:
    Modern binding in red. Leather with flap; modern paper pastedowns and endpapers.
  • Acquisition:
    Purchased in 1941 by the Army Medical Library from A.S. Yahuda , who acquired it in Fez .
History
  • Origin Date: July 1st, 1597 (16 [Dhū] al-Qaʿda 1005)
  • Origin Place: Marocco (?)
  • National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, Md.): Islamic Medieval Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine [description]
  • National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine: National Library of Medicine (NLM) Catalog [description]
Content
Averroes Commentary on Avicenna’s Cantica x - x