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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453955603321

Autore

Ibn al-Tilmīdh Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣāʻid <1073 or 4-1164 or 5.>

Titolo

The Dispensatory of Ibn at-Tilmī___d [[electronic resource] ] : Arabic text, English translation, study and glossaries / / by Oliver Kahl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92092-4

9786611920920

90-474-1904-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Collana

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, , 0169-8729 ; ; v. 70

Altri autori (Persone)

KahlOliver

Disciplina

615/.11174927

Soggetti

Pharmacopoeias - Arab countries

Dispensatories - Arab countries

Medicine, Arab

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Arabo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-311) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / O. Kahl -- Introduction / O. Kahl -- Arabic Text / O. Kahl -- English Translation / O. Kahl -- Bibliography / O. Kahl -- Index Of Technical Terms / O. Kahl.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a critical Arabic edition, annotated English translation, introductory study, and two-way glossaries of the famous dispensatory composed around the middle of the 12th century CE by the Nestorian physician Ibn at-Tilmīḏ. The dispensatory, recognized as a masterpiece already by mediaeval contemporaries, soon after its appearance became the pharmacological standard work in the hospitals and apothecs of Baghdad and the wider Arab East, replacing, after almost 300 years, the vademecum of Sābūr ibn Sahl. The dispensatory of Ibn at-Tilmiḏ marks the apogee and the conclusion of centuries of medico-pharmacological development in the Arab world, and it is therefore absolutely essential for a critical understanding of mediaeval Arabic medicine and pharmacy in particular, and premodern science in general.