Ibn al-al-Ğazzār’s wiederentdecktes Buch über die Gifte, 2020
Ibn al-Jazzār’s “Book on Poisons”, written before 334/946, was hitherto
deemed to be lost. Only f... more Ibn al-Jazzār’s “Book on Poisons”, written before 334/946, was hitherto deemed to be lost. Only fragments preserved in other books by the author himself and by physicians from al-Andalus of the following centuries were known until now. Recently, a manuscript kept in the library of Riyadh’s King Saud University could be identified as the only known copy of the K. al-Samāʾim. It is the aim of the present article to describe the contents of this treatise and to compare it with other Greek and Arabic texts on toxicology. Another focus is on the fragments found in the works by Ibn Janāḥ, Ibn Samajūn, Ibn al-Bayṭār, al-Ghāfiqī, al-Idrīsī and al-Zahrāwī, which allowed the identification of the Riyadh manuscript.
Arabic Pharmacognostic Literature and Its Jewish Antecedents:
Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ (Rabbi Jonah), Kit... more Arabic Pharmacognostic Literature and Its Jewish Antecedents: Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ (Rabbi Jonah), Kitāb al-Talḫīṣ
Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ, known in the Jewish tradition as Rabbi Jonah, is renowned for his works on Hebrew grammar and lexicography, which he composed in al-Andalus in the first half of the eleventh century. Less well known is a fundamental work he composed on the nomenclature of medicinal drugs, the Kitāb al-Talḫīṣ (Book of the Commentary). This text was deemed to be lost until a complete manuscript was discovered in Istanbul in the 1970s (MS Ayasofya 3603). The authors, who are currently preparing an edition of the Talḫīṣ, sketch the profound influence of Ibn Ǧanāḥ’s book on the Arabic literature on simple drugs. They also discuss a number of aspects of the contents of the Talḫīṣ, which provide insights into Ibn Ǧanāḥ’s skills as physician and Arabic philologist. Special attention is devoted to passages that contain data with cultural, social or economical implications.
Ibn al-al-Ğazzār’s wiederentdecktes Buch über die Gifte, 2020
Ibn al-Jazzār’s “Book on Poisons”, written before 334/946, was hitherto
deemed to be lost. Only f... more Ibn al-Jazzār’s “Book on Poisons”, written before 334/946, was hitherto deemed to be lost. Only fragments preserved in other books by the author himself and by physicians from al-Andalus of the following centuries were known until now. Recently, a manuscript kept in the library of Riyadh’s King Saud University could be identified as the only known copy of the K. al-Samāʾim. It is the aim of the present article to describe the contents of this treatise and to compare it with other Greek and Arabic texts on toxicology. Another focus is on the fragments found in the works by Ibn Janāḥ, Ibn Samajūn, Ibn al-Bayṭār, al-Ghāfiqī, al-Idrīsī and al-Zahrāwī, which allowed the identification of the Riyadh manuscript.
Arabic Pharmacognostic Literature and Its Jewish Antecedents:
Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ (Rabbi Jonah), Kit... more Arabic Pharmacognostic Literature and Its Jewish Antecedents: Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ (Rabbi Jonah), Kitāb al-Talḫīṣ
Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ, known in the Jewish tradition as Rabbi Jonah, is renowned for his works on Hebrew grammar and lexicography, which he composed in al-Andalus in the first half of the eleventh century. Less well known is a fundamental work he composed on the nomenclature of medicinal drugs, the Kitāb al-Talḫīṣ (Book of the Commentary). This text was deemed to be lost until a complete manuscript was discovered in Istanbul in the 1970s (MS Ayasofya 3603). The authors, who are currently preparing an edition of the Talḫīṣ, sketch the profound influence of Ibn Ǧanāḥ’s book on the Arabic literature on simple drugs. They also discuss a number of aspects of the contents of the Talḫīṣ, which provide insights into Ibn Ǧanāḥ’s skills as physician and Arabic philologist. Special attention is devoted to passages that contain data with cultural, social or economical implications.
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deemed to be lost. Only fragments preserved in other books by the author himself and by physicians from al-Andalus of the following centuries were known until now. Recently, a manuscript kept in the library of Riyadh’s King Saud University could be identified as the only known copy of the K. al-Samāʾim. It is the aim of the present article to describe the contents of this treatise and to compare it with other Greek and Arabic texts on toxicology. Another focus is on the fragments found in the works by Ibn Janāḥ, Ibn Samajūn, Ibn al-Bayṭār, al-Ghāfiqī, al-Idrīsī and al-Zahrāwī, which allowed the identification of the Riyadh manuscript.
Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ (Rabbi Jonah), Kitāb al-Talḫīṣ
Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ, known in the Jewish tradition as Rabbi Jonah, is renowned for his works on Hebrew grammar and lexicography, which he composed in al-Andalus in the first half of the eleventh century. Less well known is a fundamental work he composed on the nomenclature of medicinal drugs, the Kitāb al-Talḫīṣ (Book of the Commentary). This text was deemed to be lost until a complete manuscript was discovered in Istanbul in the 1970s (MS Ayasofya 3603). The authors, who are currently preparing an edition of the Talḫīṣ, sketch the profound influence of Ibn Ǧanāḥ’s book on the Arabic literature on simple drugs. They also discuss a number of aspects of the contents of the Talḫīṣ, which provide insights into Ibn Ǧanāḥ’s skills as physician and Arabic philologist. Special attention is devoted to passages that contain data with cultural, social or economical implications.
deemed to be lost. Only fragments preserved in other books by the author himself and by physicians from al-Andalus of the following centuries were known until now. Recently, a manuscript kept in the library of Riyadh’s King Saud University could be identified as the only known copy of the K. al-Samāʾim. It is the aim of the present article to describe the contents of this treatise and to compare it with other Greek and Arabic texts on toxicology. Another focus is on the fragments found in the works by Ibn Janāḥ, Ibn Samajūn, Ibn al-Bayṭār, al-Ghāfiqī, al-Idrīsī and al-Zahrāwī, which allowed the identification of the Riyadh manuscript.
Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ (Rabbi Jonah), Kitāb al-Talḫīṣ
Marwān ibn Ǧanāḥ, known in the Jewish tradition as Rabbi Jonah, is renowned for his works on Hebrew grammar and lexicography, which he composed in al-Andalus in the first half of the eleventh century. Less well known is a fundamental work he composed on the nomenclature of medicinal drugs, the Kitāb al-Talḫīṣ (Book of the Commentary). This text was deemed to be lost until a complete manuscript was discovered in Istanbul in the 1970s (MS Ayasofya 3603). The authors, who are currently preparing an edition of the Talḫīṣ, sketch the profound influence of Ibn Ǧanāḥ’s book on the Arabic literature on simple drugs. They also discuss a number of aspects of the contents of the Talḫīṣ, which provide insights into Ibn Ǧanāḥ’s skills as physician and Arabic philologist. Special attention is devoted to passages that contain data with cultural, social or economical implications.