Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldThe Qānūn of Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) represents the high point in the codification of Arabic medicine. It supplanted the works of Galen, al-Rāzī and al-Majūsī, and had an enormous influence on the teaching and practice of medicine. The Qānūn is divided into five books. Book I starts with a definition of medicine and then deals in a general fashion with the human body, sickness, health and therapeutics.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldThe annotations in this early manuscript make it an important copy reflecting thirteenth-century CE interpretations of the text.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldKitāb al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (The Canon of Medicine)According to the colophon pictured, the copy was completed by an unnamed scribe on 14 Ṣafar 520 AH/11 March 1126 CE. The date is also given as in the Yazdijzid (Yazdegerdi) calendar. It is possible that the copy is in fact later and that the copyist transcribed the colophon from his exemplar.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldBook 2 of the Shifā. Book 2 and 4 is devoted to physics (al-ṭabi’īyāt), i.e. natural philosophy, and Section 6 (Kitāb al-nafs) deals with the soul.