Author
Hunayn ibn Ishaq
Publication Date
17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 23407, ff 176r-208r
Record ID
vdc_100023514115.0x000006
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Alexandrian Summary (Mosques of the Alexandrians) of Galen's (Galen; d. ca 216)
De temperamentis libri III
(Περὶ κράσεων βιβλία γ'; The Book of Mood) translated from the Greek by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (Hunayn ibn Ishaq; d. 873).
Contents:
Book One (first article; ff. 176r-208r);
Book Two (Article Two; ff. 188r-200v);
Book Three (Article Three; ff. 200v-208r).
Beginnings (f. 176v, lines 2-3):
... There are two types of temperament, and that is because it is moderate
Some of it is not moderate, and there is a lot of dissatisfaction with it, and that is because the moderate mood...
Ends (f. 208r, lines 11-14):
...And the statement about it is not absolute
When measured, it does in this one disease and in this one of its heat
Or it cools it down, as the oil of roses cools the illnesses that have merit
Heat and heating are the causes that have the advantage of cold...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 208r, lines 14-16):
...The article is done
The third of the collections of Galen’s book on mood, directed by Hunayn bin Ishaq
May God Almighty have mercy on him, and the entire book was completed, thank God very much
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Cureton, William,
Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens
(London: The British Museum 1846-71), Item 1356, p. 629-30
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Fichtner, Gerhard,
Corpus Galenicum. Bibliographie der galenischen und pseudgalenischen Werke
(Berlin: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2012), Item 9, pp. 14-15
Edition of Original Greek text (not Alexandrian summary):
Kühn, Karl Gottlob, ed.,
Claudii Galeni opera omnia
. vol. I,9 (Leipzig: Nachdruck d. Ausg., 1821–1833; reprint Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1964–1965), pp. 509-649
