The Book of the Crown (Kitāb al-Iklīl) of Pseudo-Rhazes

A Facsimile Edition and Annotated English Translation

Oliver Kahl, Henrietta Sharp Cockrell (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2023
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-54402-4 (ISBN)

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In “The Book of the Crown (Kitāb al-Iklīl) of pseudo-Rhazes” Oliver Kahl and Henrietta Sharp Cockrell offer a facsimile edition, with annotated English translation and introductory study, of a unique and highly unusual medieval Arabic medical text.

Oliver Kahl and Henrietta Sharp Cockrell present a facsimile edition of a newly discovered medieval medical text attributed to the famous physician Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī (Rhazes, d. 925 CE). This unique Arabic manuscript comprises a work in the health regimen genre titled “Book of the Crown” (Kitāb al-Iklīl). Copied in 1220 CE and bound parallel to the text (flip-bound), it is highly unusual, both in terms of physical appearance and topical choices. The edition is accompanied by an annotated English translation en regard, a detailed introduction including a codicological study, and bilingual indices.

Oliver Kahl, Ph.D. (1993), University of Manchester, is Research Fellow at the Department of Semitic Studies, University of Marburg, Germany. He has published several books (mostly with Brill) and numerous articles on the history of Arabic science and medicine. Henrietta Sharp Cockrell, formerly a specialist in the Islamic department at Christie’s, has contributed to several publications on Islamic art and manuscripts. She is currently cataloguing the National Trust Collections’ corpus of Islamic manuscripts.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Preliminary Notes

2 Rhazes

3 The Present Work

4 Authorship

5 Manuscript Format

6 Text Layout

7 Illuminated Heading

8 Measurements and Script

9 Paper

10 Binding

11 Conclusion

Plates

Facsimile Edition and Translation

Bibliography

Index of Substances and Products

Index of Proper Names

Erscheinungsdatum	28.04.2023
Reihe/Serie	Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 123
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	509 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	90-04-54402-X / 900454402X
ISBN-13	978-90-04-54402-4 / 9789004544024
Zustand	Neuware