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Book-titles mentioned in the 10th century medical encyclopedia al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiyya

Ambjörn, Lena LU (2011) In Galenos. Rivista di filologia dei testi medici antichi p.103-112
Abstract
This paper draws attention to a hitherto almost completely neglected encyclopaedic medical handbook composed around 950 CE: al-Muʿālajāt al-Buqrāṭiyya (Hippocratic treatment) attributed to the physician Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭabarī. The handbook consists of ten books further divided into altogether 473 chapters. Since 1990, the work is available as a facsimile-print published by Sezgin. The print reproduces the most complete text-witness, manuscript Malik Milli 4474. So far, no text-critical edition has been published. In al-Muʿālajāt, ca 92 book-titles attributed to 30 authors are mentioned, in several cases including more or less extensive quotations. In this paper, the altogether 208 references to book-titles in al-Muʿālajāt... (More)
This paper draws attention to a hitherto almost completely neglected encyclopaedic medical handbook composed around 950 CE: al-Muʿālajāt al-Buqrāṭiyya (Hippocratic treatment) attributed to the physician Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭabarī. The handbook consists of ten books further divided into altogether 473 chapters. Since 1990, the work is available as a facsimile-print published by Sezgin. The print reproduces the most complete text-witness, manuscript Malik Milli 4474. So far, no text-critical edition has been published. In al-Muʿālajāt, ca 92 book-titles attributed to 30 authors are mentioned, in several cases including more or less extensive quotations. In this paper, the altogether 208 references to book-titles in al-Muʿālajāt have been indexed. The index is arranged according to the names of the authors, in Latin alphabetical order. (Less)
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History of Medicine, Medieval Arabic medicine, Hippocratic Treatment, Abu al-Hasan at-Tabari
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Galenos. Rivista di filologia dei testi medici antichi
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5/2011
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103 - 112
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Fabrizio Serra Editore
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English
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  abstract     = {{This paper draws attention to a hitherto almost completely neglected encyclopaedic medical handbook composed around 950 CE: al-Muʿālajāt al-Buqrāṭiyya (Hippocratic treatment) attributed to the physician Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭabarī. The handbook consists of ten books further divided into altogether 473 chapters. Since 1990, the work is available as a facsimile-print published by Sezgin. The print reproduces the most complete text-witness, manuscript Malik Milli 4474. So far, no text-critical edition has been published. In al-Muʿālajāt, ca 92 book-titles attributed to 30 authors are mentioned, in several cases including more or less extensive quotations. In this paper, the altogether 208 references to book-titles in al-Muʿālajāt have been indexed. The index is arranged according to the names of the authors, in Latin alphabetical order.}},
  author       = {{Ambjörn, Lena}},
  keywords     = {{History of Medicine; Medieval Arabic medicine; Hippocratic Treatment; Abu al-Hasan at-Tabari}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5/2011}},
  pages        = {{103--112}},
  publisher    = {{Fabrizio Serra Editore}},
  series       = {{Galenos. Rivista di filologia dei testi medici antichi}},
  title        = {{Book-titles mentioned in the 10th century medical encyclopedia al-Mu'alajat al-Buqratiyya}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}