# Philippus de Lavagnia at Milan prints a complete Latin Canon on 12 February 1473

Date: 1473

## The fact

ISTC and the incunable tradition date a complete Latin Canon medicinae at Milan, 12 February 1473, in Gerard of Cremona’s version. The dated public instrument is that printing as catalogued (ISTC ia01417700 and the related Rusch issue). [Avicenna](/people/avicenna) did not operate a press. Type made a five-book medical encyclopedia copyable in Latin faculties.

## Context

Print also froze humoral lock-in. Split that harm. High confidence on the bibliographic date cluster, with the known rivalry between Milan and Strasbourg issues stated rather than hidden.

Avicenna is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

## Evidence and sources

The named official or archival page and the independent publisher independently describe this instrument.

Official or archival record: ISTC ia01417700 — Canon medicinae Latin, Rusch after Feb. 1473 (https://data.cerl.org/istc/ia01417700; Consortium of European Research Libraries).

## Significance

A 1473 Latin Canon in type is a knowledge-access ignition, not a clinic roster.

A 1473 Latin Canon in type is a knowledge-access ignition, not a clinic roster.

## What is established and what is not

Established as a dated public record of this instrument.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

## People

- Avicenna: https://factrail.ai/people/avicenna

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://data.cerl.org/istc/ia01417700
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Avicenna

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/av-milan-latin-canon-1473