Book chapter
Ali ibn al-`Abbas al-Majusi and Constantine the African on Lovesickness
Constantine the African, pp.161-202
E.J. Brill
1994
Abstract
Book description: When the tenth-century Kāmil as-sinā‘a (or al-Kitāb al-malakī) of ‘Alī ibn al-‘Abbās al-Mağūsī was adapted for a Latin-reading audience by Constantine the African in the late eleventh century, the medieval West had, for the first time, the opportunity to use a text which covered the whole of medicine. But the 100-odd extant manuscripts suggest that Contantine's Pantegni was put together over a considerable period of time, and chapters from other Latin and newly-translated Arabic medical works were added to or substituted those of the Kāmil. This book is the first to be devoted to Constantine the African: it sheds light on the School of Salerno and the formation of a medical corpus in the High Middle Ages.
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- Title
- Ali ibn al-`Abbas al-Majusi and Constantine the African on Lovesickness
- Creators
- Mary F. Wack - Washington State University, Office for Undergraduate Education
- Publication Details
- Constantine the African, pp.161-202
- Academic Unit
- Office for Undergraduate Education
- Publisher
- E.J. Brill
- Identifiers
- 99900599650401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter