Author
Ḥubaysh ibn al-Ḥasan
Publication Date
14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
237 x 150 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Sloane MS 3032
Record ID
vdc_100000000653.0x0002da
Library Location
British Library: Western Manuscripts
Date
14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Arabic version of Book Three of Galen's (Galen) De methodo medendi (Θεραπευτικὴ μέθοδος; The trick of innocence). The Arabic translation from the Greek was made by Ḥubaysh ibn al-Ḥasan (Hubaysh ibn al-Hasan known as Ḥubaysh al-A‘sam [Hubaysh al-A’sam]; AD 9th century), and partially revised by his uncle, Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Abadi), who had previously translated the work from Greek into Syriac.
Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-6):
The third article from the book
Galen in the ruse of innocence
As it was necessary from what we said, dear Aaron
Reasoning only results in knowledge of what should be done
It works if it is taken from the same nature as the disease...
Ends (f. 64v, lines 9-13):
...I think this is a place
I should interrupt this third article and take it further
The fourth article is about diseases that are more common
The matter is with sores, and I add to them a mention of healing
Its obsolete reasons (?)
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 64v, line 13):
The third article is done
A note in Latin pasted to front paper ii
verso
The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'.
He mistakenly identifies the text as the third book of Galen's
De facultatibus naturalibus
(i.e. Περὶ δυνάμεων φυσικῶν, known in Arabic as natural force). The same incorrect title appears on the volume's spine.
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 442, pp. 216-17
Köken
Four owners' inscriptions on title page (f. 1r), one of which is a name in Hebrew the first element of which is Yosef (יוסף).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition and Translation of Original Greek Text:
Galen,
Method of Medicine
, Vol. 1 (Books 1-4), trans. Ian Johnston and G.H.R. Horsley (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press [Loeb Classical Library], 2011)