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    "title": "Commentary on an Abridgment of the Canon of Medicine",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.588 is a copy of the commentary by Muhammad al-Aqsara'i (died 779 AH/AD 1378), entitled Hall al-Mujiz, on the abridgment of Avicenna's Canon of medicine (al-Qanun fi al-tibb) by Ibn al-Nafis (died 687 AH/AD 1288). Written in 969 AH/AD 1561 by Khalil Allah Isfarayini, this scholarly codex contains numerous marginal and interlinear glosses and corrections.",
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    "date": "969 AH/AD 1561",
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