Title
Avicenna
Caption
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) 980-1037, Arab physician and philosopher. An interpreter of Aristotle to Islam; compiled encyclopaedia of medical knowledge. Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel "Liber chronicarum mundi" (Nuremberg Chronicle) Nuremberg 1493, showing Avicenna examining a specimen of urine in order to make a diagnosis.
Date
1493
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP07096_390001803
License type
Rights managed
Available size
30.4Mb (1.3Mb) / 10.0in x 11.8in / 3000 x 3543 (300dpi)