The Canon Medicinae Avicenna - Browsing Facsimile Editions

The so-called Canon Medicinae is a Latin translation of an Arabic medical standard work. The original text was written ca. 1000 by the Persian Renaissance man Abū Alī al-Husain ibn Abdullāh ibn Sīnā and remained an absolute standard work of medicine until the 17th century. The edition at hand is a Latin translation of the masterpiece, which was made in Italy sometime in the first half of the 15th century. It is the most beautiful, unbelievably-charmingly-illustrated edition of this historically significant manuscript.