Author
Avicenna, 980-1037., Eric John Holmyard 1891-1959., Desmond Christopher Mandeville, Alfred, of Sareshel.
Publication Date
1982
Publication Place
New York -
New York : AMS Press
Subject
Petrology -- Early works to 1800, Mineralogy -- Early works to 1800, Mountains -- Early works to 1800
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng,lat
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
86
Physical Dimensions
viii, 86 pages ; 23 cm.
Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Library Asset ID
ISBN: 0404184472, ISBN: 9780404184476
Record ID
01IOWA_ALMA21425764390002771
Date
1982
Notes
Contains the "De mineralibus," which was appended, in medieval Arabic-Latin versions, to the fourth book of the Meteorologica of Aristotle. It is "partly a direct translation and partly a résumé of passages in Avicenna's Kitâb al-Shifâʼ (Book of the remedy), made by Alfred of Sareshel.", "The Latin and Arabic texts with an English translation of the latter and with critical notes by E.J. Holmyard and D.C. Mandeville"--Original title page., Includes indexes., Reprint. Originally published: Avicennae De congelatione et congultione lapidum, being sections of the Kitâb al-Shifâʼ. Paris : Paul Geuthner, 1927., Bibliography: pages [57]-58.