The Canon of Medicine stayed a reference in Europe for centuries.

The evidence

1. The chain of transmitters — passage/muwatta-1-030

   1. person/malik-ibn-anas
   2. person/muhammad-ibn-shihab-al-zuhri
   3. person/said-ibn-al-musayyab

   A Muwatta hadith with isnad — an example of textual docum'en'tation.

2. chronicle — work/al-qanun-fi-al-tibb

   A faithful cond'en'sation of the Canon's introduction explaining Ibn Sina's teaching method.

3. object — work/al-qanun-fi-al-tibb

   The Canon of Medicine — a medical 'en'cyclopaedia in five books.