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Tacuinum Sanitatis - Codex Vindobonensis 2396, 1984

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Paris, Seefeld, 1984. 265 x 170 mm. Full leather binding with gold decorations on the plates and spine, Copy 732/1975. Attached commentary in French. § Together in the same lot, same work in German, copy no. 427/1975.

Specialist Notes

Facsimile reproductions in French and German of an illuminated medical manual, among the richest and most complete of the medieval era. The tacuinum is inspired by the well-known manual of the Arab doctor Ibn Butlan, active in Baghdad in the century. XI. The term "notebook" itself derives from the Arabic Taqwīm al‑ṣiḥḥa, or health tables.

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