Risālat al-ḥudūd رسالة الحدود Avicenna ابن سينا

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The record is made up of Ff. 414v-419r. It was created in 1182. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Content: Treatise containing definitions of philosophical terms by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله), known as Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037).
Extent and format: Ff. 414v-419r
It is part of: Compendium of philosophical and scientific texts by and about Avicenna (ابن سينا)
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Written in: Arabic in Arabic script
Type: Manuscript item

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British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

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Unrestricted

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Add MS 16659, ff 414v-419r

History of this record

Date(s)

1182 (AH, Hijri qamari)

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Finding aids

Cureton, William and Charles Rieu, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens (London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 978, pp. 447-51
Rieu, Charles, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum , 3 vols. (London: The British Museum, 1879-83), vol. 2, pp. 438-39

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Edition and translation:

Goichon, Amélie-Marie, Avicenne. Livre des Définitions, Mémorial Avicenne-VI (Cairo: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, 1963)

Study:

Gutas, Dimitri, Avicenna and the Aristotelian Tradition. Introduction to Reading Avicenna’s Philosophical Works , 2nd ed., including an Inventory of Avicenna’s Authentic Works (Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2014), pp. 436-37

Subjects: Philosophy -- Early works to 1800
People & organisations: Avicenna

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Reference: Add MS 16659, ff 414v-419r
Title: Risālat al-ḥudūd رسالة الحدود Avicenna ابن سينا
Pages: 414v:419r
Author: Please see item description
Usage terms: Public Domain