parchment manuscript

Evidence

"Reading the Latin translation of Ibn S¬n®’s Q®n‚n, from an illuminated parchment manuscript of the Canon Medicinae from the 15th century"

Remarks

This entry records the mention of a 15th-century Latin manuscript support. The text specifically identifies the manuscript of the 'Canon Medicinae' (the Latin translation of Ibn Sina’s Qanun) as being produced on parchment. The description 'illuminated' implies the application of pigments and possibly gold leaf, although the specific mineral or organic compositions of these colorants are not detailed in this historical introduction. The manuscript is discussed in the context of the Western reception of Arabic ophthalmological and medical diagrams (p. 33).