KITAB AL-SHIFA BY AVICENNA COPIED IN 1109 AH/1697 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, with 23 lines to each page written in black naskh script. Titles and catchwords in red ink. A scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by Abu Ali ibn Sīna (aka Avicenna) from medieval Persia, near Bukhara in Maverounnahr. He most likely began to compose the book in 1014, completed it around 1020, and published it. in 1027, this work is Ibn Sina's major work on science and philosophy, and is intended to 'cure' or 'heal' ignorance of the soul. Thus, despite its title, it is not concerned with medicine, contrast to Avicenna's earlier The Canon of Medicine (5 vols.) which is, in fact, medical. The book is divided into four parts: logic, natural sciences, mathematics and metaphysics. 15 by 25 cm.