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Avicenna's Canon of Medicine.

You can get this on a shield should you so desire.

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This image is from a 13th-century Parisian manuscript of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine. The illustration depicts a medical scenario, likely illustrating elephantiasis, a condition causing severe swelling, particularly in the limbs or scrotum.It is often referred to in modern humor as "The Miracle of the Testicles".
July 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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An intricate gilt centrepiece on a copy of Avicenna’s great medical work, printed at #Venice in 1608. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social K.2.8-9.
April 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
monicamedhist.bsky.social
In need of a timeline cleanse, I opened up this beaut of a manuscript. Gerard of Cremona's (d. 1187) translation of Avicenna's. (Ibn Sina, d. 1037) Canon of Medicine. Couldn't you just get lost in that filigree?

Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS 1193, f. 1r.
A detail from the opening page of a 13th-century copy of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine. The page is written in dark brown ink, with red rubrication of the title, and blue and red ink filigree decorations. Madrid, BN, MS 1193, f. 1r.
May 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
monicamedhist.bsky.social
This never gets old: reading about a medieval MS & then less than 5 minutes later, you have it open in front of you! Today's beauty, a 1258 copy of Gerard of Cremona's translation of Avicenna's Canon.
We need to be planning now how we're going to piece our world back together. There is still beauty!
The opening page of a 1258 copy of Avicenna's Canon, a medical encyclopedia originally composed in Arabic and translated into Latin before 1187. A massive initial 'I' on the left side appears to show images of God creating the world in 6 days. Source: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. lat. 2412, f. 1r.
May 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
pieterbeullens.bsky.social
Two great names to start your week off: MS fragment of the Latin translation of Averroes' response to Avicenna's Cantica, a medical work (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 1625)
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August 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
histphilosophy.bsky.social
Hey Californians, come on down to see me speak at Berkeley this evening! I'll be talking about "The Anatomy of Avicenna's Philosophy" (no online participation, sorry, but please come in person if you can):

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The Anatomy of Avicenna’s Philosophy: the Logic of Existence and the Flying Man
Lecture with Peter Adamson, LMU Munich
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March 17, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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In recent decades, scholars have examined various facets of Avicenna’s #logic. But how did Avicenna himself conceptualize logic—its definition, status, and purpose? PhD student Shahab Khademi explores this question in a new paper! 👇📃 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsky #histphil #HPS
Avicenna on the Meaning of Logic: Revisiting Five Major Works
Avicenna's logic has gathered much interest in recent decades. However, one significant point that has hitherto been frequently neglected is what logic means to Avicenna in the first place. Conside...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
histphilosophy.bsky.social
Online lecture by Jari Kaukua on Avicenna's Modal Metaphysics, May 26:

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Online Guest Lecture: Avicenna’s Modal Metaphysics – Philosophy in the Modern Islamic World
The colloquium for Philosophy in the MENA region (PhiloMENA) invites to the upcoming guest lecture of Prof. Dr. Jari Kaukua to be held online on 26.05.2025 at 6 pm (Berlin time).
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May 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
pieterbeullens.bsky.social
Fragments from a MS of Avicenna's Canon. The shape of the second one makes you wonder how it was used in a binding (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 1623 and 1624)
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January 28, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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This was the paper I most enjoyed reading* during my recent trip down an Avicenna-and-friends rabbit-hole:
Ogden, "Avicenna's Emanated Abstraction".
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Clear, elegant, scholarly but not showy.

*by torchlight, since rabbit-holes are dark.
#philsky
Avicenna's Emanated Abstraction
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December 4, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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From the archive: "Avicenna’s Connotational Attributes, Mickey Mouse, and Sex Dolls", by Anthony Kroytor #Philosophy #Philsky
Avicenna’s Connotational Attributes, Mickey Mouse, and Sex Dolls
From the archive: "Avicenna’s Connotational Attributes, Mickey Mouse, and Sex Dolls", by Anthony Kroytor
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May 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Details from a #15thCentury Italian #illuminatedmanuscript - a Hebrew translation of #Avicenna's Canon Medicinae.
Biblioteca Universitaria Bologna ms 2197.
#lute #earlymusic #historyofmedicine
June 10, 2024 at 9:14 AM
hgungor.bsky.social
A wonderful forthcoming article on Avicenna's floating man argument. Its methodology is dear to me, because it analyzes Avicenna's argument as rigorously as one'd do in contemporary philosophy, while justifying itself through textual underdetermination. Highly recommended! philpapers.org/rec/ALMCTU
Mahrad Almotahari, Conscious Thought under Sensory Deprivation: Avicenna's Flying Man and 'I' - PhilPapers
This paper offers a new take on Avicenna's Flying Man, one that explains why it's better than its Cartesian counterpart.
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December 12, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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For #CoffeeWithACodex on February 12, curator @leoba.bsky.social will bring out LJS 426, a 14th century copy of the first book of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia in Arabic. #medievalsky

Register here: https://bit.ly/46m7cyr
Coffee with a Codex: Avicenna's medical encyclopedia
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...
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February 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
1000wordphilosophy.bsky.social
New!

"Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God" by Farbod Akhlaghi

#avicenna #IslamicPhilosophy #philosophyofreligion #God #islam #theism

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Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God - 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology
This essay presents and explains what’s called Avicenna’s ‘proof’ for the existence of God. It is likely the most influential argument in the history of philosophy in the Islamic world.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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These pieces are tests towards forms that will be part of a necklace sculpture with indigo and madder dyed Uzbek silk, biomaterials, pearls and other materials referenced in Avicenna’s Material Medica. This project is supported through the British Council connections through culture programme.
March 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
faculti.bsky.social
How did Avicenna’s legacy ignite a century of philosophical transformation in the Islamic East, reshaping debates on metaphysics, knowledge, and divine freedom? @histphilosophy.bsky.social, @lmumuenchen.bsky.social, @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social discusses: faculti.net/the-heirs-of...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
raspberrymilkshake.bsky.social
More stuff for my Lancer game
A stylized map of a seaside city in teal-blue and black outlines. A large orange box placed on the map reads "the green zone" To the bottom right are 6 black and white photos depicting city life and locations. Text reads: Avicenna New Madrassa THE MOST POPULUS CITY IN THE SHORE, AVICENNA'S EARLIEST SETTLERS WERE FIRST COMMITTEE FIRE AND FORGET COLONISTS. IN THE NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND YEARS SINCE, IT HAS GROWN INTO A METROPOLIS OF TWENTY ONE MILLION SOULS, A PATCHWORK CITY WITH A PATCHWORK HISTORY. AVICENNA IS THE FULCRUM CITY OF NEW MADRASSA. THOUGH INDEPENDANT IT SHARES A HISTORY OF EXCHANGE WITH THE BARONIES, WHO HOLD A MAJOR EMBASSEY IN THE AVERROE DISTRICT. SEVENTY YEARS AGO, THE PURVIEW ESTABLISHED THE GREEN ZONE, AN EIGHT BY EIGHT KILOMETER PREMITER ACROSS AVICENNAS OLD TOWN. FORTIFIED AND PLACED ON HERITAGE GROUND, THE GREEN ZONE IS CONTROVERSIAL AT BEST. IT ACTS AS GROUND ZERO FOR ARMORY COUNTERTERRORISM, A HIGHLY MILITERIZED PEACEKEEPING FORCE PLANTED BY HARRISON ACROSS AVICENNA, AN OCCUPATION IN ALL BUT NAME. DESPITE POPULAR PRESSURE, THE GREEN ZONE ONLY EXPANDS EACH YEAR.
July 15, 2026 at 6:31 AM
pieterbeullens.bsky.social
Avicenna's Canon was arguably the most influential translation made by Gerard of Cremona. The influence of this MS ended when it was cut up and and its leaves were re-used as book covers (Trier, Stadtbibliothek, R V 48)
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April 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
monicamedhist.bsky.social
My morning webinar: @fancynahyan.bsky.social, "What kind of 'ilm is medicine? Reflections of the Canon and Epitome Commentators on Avicenna's Definition of Medicine and its Implications." #histmed #MedievalPhilosophy
title slide for Nahyan Fancy, University of Exeter, "What kind of 'ilm is medicine? Reflections of the Canon and Epitome Commentators on Avicenna's Definition of Medicine and its Implications."
May 13, 2024 at 4:35 PM
fionnlaidh.bsky.social
René Descartes died this date in 1650. Rationalist. Cartesian coordinates married maths and geometry. Cogito ergo sum replicated Augustine's Quia ergo sum si fallor and Avicenna's flying man. Buried in the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
February 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
rezahadisi.bsky.social
3-year postdoc on Avicena. The position is part of the ERC project “Avicenna Live: The Immediate Context of Avicenna’s Intellectual Formation” (ALIVE)

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Research Associate/Postdoc (f/m/x) for 3 years at the ERC-Project “Avicenna Live: The Immediate Context of Avicenna’s Intellectual Formation”
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April 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
monicamedhist.bsky.social
Welcome new followers! I just suddenly popped up to 11.4K. I'm juggling 3 papers I'm trying to finish off rn, but I'll post a proper "Hello" in a few days.

In the meantime, check my profile! bsky.app/profile/moni...
Bluesky profile page for @monicaMedHist (Monica H Green). The avatar shows a decorated letter "M" from a 13th-century copy of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine. The banner image is a detail from a 14th-century preacher's encyclopedia, showing the initial "C" for "cimiteria" (cemetery).
August 28, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Today is #WorldDiabetesDay. In the Middle Ages, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) gave an account of diabetes mellitus in his Canon of Medicine. He described a number of clinical features relating to diabetes, most notably the sweetness of the urine produced by diabetic patients. #histmed #historyofmedicine
Title page from Avicenna's book, Canon of Medicine. The title, author and publication details are written in Latin and surrounded by woodcut illustrations of learned people such as Plato and Hippocrates.
November 14, 2024 at 11:00 AM