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Budapest Book of Surgery by Albucasis Facsimile Edition

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The Budapest Book of Surgery is an illuminated manuscript of the Latin translation of the treatise on surgery that constituted the thirtieth and last book of the medical encyclopedia by Abū al-Qāsim al-Zahrāwī(Abulcasis). It treats cauterization, obstetrics, bloodletting, and orthopedics. It was copied and illuminated in the second half of the thirteenth or early fourteenth century, probably in Italy. Its illumination comprises four miniatures, including representations of the extraction of a dead fetus and a traction table in use. There are more than 200 depictions of surgical instruments.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Budapest Book of Surgery by Albucasis": Chirurgia - Abu´l Qasim Halaf ibn Abbas al-Zahrawi facsimile edition, published by Pytheas Books, 2008

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Manuscript book description compiled by Elizabeth C. Teviotdale.
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Chirurgia - Abu´l Qasim Halaf ibn Abbas al-Zahrawi

Budapest: Pytheas Books, 2008

  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Budapest Book of Surgery by Albucasis: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

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Bound in brown leather, featuring metal corner decorations. 

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