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Record Nr.

UNINA9910645953703321

Autore

Galenus

Titolo

V. Galeni in Hippocratis epidemiarum librum commentaria. . Volume 3,1, Galeni In Hippocratis Epidemiarum librum VI commentariorum I–VIII versio Arabica ; Commentaria I–III / / Uwe Vagelpohl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, , [2022]

©2023

ISBN

3-11-077499-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (588 p.)

Collana

Corpus Medicorum Graecorum – Supplementum Orientale , , 0589-8072 ; ; V 3,1

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Epidemics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Arabo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INTRODUCTION -- Edition and translation -- CONSPECTUS SIGLORUM ET COMPENDIORUM -- Part I -- Part II -- Part III

Sommario/riassunto

The present volume offers the first critical edition of the medieval Arabic translation of Galen's Commentary on Book 6 of the Hippocratic Epidemics produced by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. ca. 870). The edition is based on all extant Arabic textual witnesses, including the Arabic secondary transmission. Only about two thirds of the Greek original of this text is extant; the Arabic translation is therefore the only complete witness to this important work. The number and extent of "ations from this commentary in medieval Arabic medical writings, which are documented in the introduction to the volume, demonstrate that it became a crucial source for the development of medicine in the Islamic world. It also gave rise to a wide range of didactic writings which illustrate its importance for medical teaching. The English translation aims to convey some of the flavour of the Arabic text. The volume also contains comprehensive indices that map out the terminology and style of the translation.