Author
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī
Publication Date
580 (AH, Hijri)
Publication Place
Damascus -
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 6670, ff 143v-191v
Record ID
vdc_100024157413.0x000003
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
580 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Arabic translation, probably by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī (c 809-873; see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
of Item 2, f. 142v, line 8), of Galen’s (Claudius Galenus of Pergamum, 129- c 200) treatise on the differences between fevers,
De differentiis febrium libri II
. The manuscript was completed in Damascus, 580 AH/AD 1184 by Ibrāhīm ibn Naṣr ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Munīr al-Kīlānī (?), who made the copy for his own use (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 191v, lines 9-12, transcribed below).
Contents:
Two chapters (two articles):
Chapter One (ff. 143v-164r);
Chapter Two: On Fevers which occur because of the humours.
Beginnings (f. 143v, lines 4-8):
He said that the most specific types of fevers and the most worthy of them are those that are of the same nature or the same
Of all its types, there are some symptoms that require one, but some of them are closer to
The nature of those that are divided and specific to them, and those that are further away from them and stranger, and since that is
Also, the varieties derived from these symptoms are no longer a single genus
Ends (f. 191v, lines 1-4):
The veins and the hottest ones become inflamed and boil, either due to rot or something else
This is similar to what is seen in fever, which is known to last for a day, resulting in one continuous, widespread fever
From its beginning to its end, it does not subside and continues to linger, burning the body until those humors disappear
From which it was born, matured, or both things happened to it
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 191v, lines 5-12):
The second article was written from Halinus's book on types of fevers
The scripture has been fulfilled, and praise be to God, as it is worthy and deserving, and in it is pure and pure
Ayali, and he is my suffice and the best helper, praise be to God
Lord of the worlds
Written for himself by the poor servant, to the mercy of God Almighty, Ibrahim bin Nasr bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin
Al-Hassan bin Munir Al-Kilani (?) in guarded Damascus, asking God, glory be to His name, for mercy and forgiveness.
Pardon and well-being in this world and the hereafter for him and his parents, peace be upon all Muslims, Amen
The horizon of its emptiness occurred on the ninth of Rabi’ al-Awwal in the year five hundred and eighty
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Edition of original Greek text:
Claudii Galeni opera omnia
, Karl Gottlob Kühn, ed (Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1964), vol. VII,4, pp. 273-405
Study:
de Stefani, Claudio, ‘Contributi della versione araba all’edizione del testo greco del Dedifferentiis febrium di Galeno’, in Véronique Boudon-Millot and others, eds, Ecdotica e ricezione dei testi medici (Napoli: M. D'Auria, 2006), pp. 111–116
