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Avicenna, Liber canonis quartus

liber IV, fen. 2, tractatus 1, cap. 102: Cibatio convalescentis – fen. 2, tractatus 2, cap. 2: De causa dierum crisis et periodorum eius

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Toruń, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Pol.6.II.724-732

Marta Czyżak, Toruń, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, 2020 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Avicenna, Liber canonis quartus
Shelfmarks Pol.6.II.724
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Italy?
Date of Origin 1200-1300

Original Condition

Page Height at least 420 mm
Page Width at least 240 mm
Height of Written Area at least 280 mm
Width of Written Area at least 150 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns at least 70 mm
Number of Lines at least 44
Line Height 7 – 8 mm
More about the Condition

The text is worn in places, not readable

Current Condition

Dimensions 375 x 195 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Two- and three-line blue and red lombard initials with pen work decoration in contrasting color; rubrics.

Content

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    • Title Avicenna, Liber canonis quartus
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      Back cover: [liber IV, fen. 2, tractatus 1, cap. 102] ǁ eius tunc fortasse febrit. [Et similiter] non oportet, ut bibat subito; fortasse [enim est ex eo] timor. Hora autem cibi eius est hora aequali tatis aeris…><[front cover, fen. 2, tractatus 2, cap. 2] ...De causa dierum crisis et horis eius… Et dicunt, quod humiditates civitatum patiuntur a luna: quare diversificantur dispositiones earum secundum diversitatem disposicionum lunae. Et fit vehementior apparitio diversitatis [text illegible].
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History

Origin

Italy?
Provenance

The host volume comes from the collection of David Bläsing (1660-1719, see ex-libris on the front pastedown), a student of the University in Leipzig, professor of mathematics and philosophy at the University in Königsberg, who donated his collection of 3000 volumes to the University Library (see also fragments Ob.6.II. 519, 760, 906, 1838-1843, 2389-2393; Pol.6.II.992-1039). We dont't know when and where the volume (printed in Königsberg in 1593) was covered with a parchment leaf with the work by Avicenna.

In the years 1827-1944 the volume belonged to the Royal (then State) and University Library in Königsberg. Then, as a result of the evacuation of the most valuable collections of the library and the change of state borders after the second world war, the evacuated books (among them the host volume) found themselves in the territory of the Polish state. In July 1946, by the decision of the Ministry of Education, they were transferred to the University Library in Toruń
Persons and Institutions 1. David Bläsing (1660-1719); 2. University Library in Königsberg; 3. Royal (since 1918: State) and University Library in Königsberg (1827-1944); 4. University Library in Toruń

Host Volume

Title Diputationes XIIX (18), Regiomonti 1593
Date of Origin/Publication 1593
Place of Origin/Publication Königsberg
Shelfmark Pol.6.II.724-732

Bibliography

  • J. Tondel, Książka w dawnym Królewcu Pruskim (The book in the former Königsberg of Prussia), Toruń 2001, p. 286-287.
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