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Record Nr.

UNISA996308753003316

Autore

Galenus

Titolo

V. Galeni in Hippocratis epidemiarum librum commentaria . Volume 2,1 Galeni In Hippocratis Epidemiarum librum II Commentariorum I-III versio Arabica / / Uwe Vagelpohl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

3-11-045355-X

3-11-045405-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (611 pages)

Collana

Corpus Medicorum Graecorum - Supplementum Orientale ; ; V 2,1

Altri autori (Persone)

SwainSimon

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Arabic medicine

Galen

ancient medicine

history of medicine

HISTORY / Ancient / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Arabo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INTRODUCTION -- EDITION AND TRANSLATION -- CONSPECTUS SIGLORVM ET COMPENDIORVM -- 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 2 of the Hippocratic Epidemics produced by Hunayn ibn Ishaq (d. ca. 870). The edition is based on all extant Arabic textual witnesses, including the Arabic secondary transmission. The Greek original of this text is lost; the Arabic translation is therefore the only intact 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.