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Hippocrates in Two Syriac Alchemical Collections

In: Aramaic Studies
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Matteo Martelli Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany martel75@libero.it

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In this article, I will explore the fortune of Hippocrates in the Syriac alchemical literature. I will investigate a so far unedited Syriac text (MS Cambridge University Library, Mm. 6.29, ff. 133r–134v) that presents Hippocrates as the founder of alchemy and medicine. This text is edited here for the first time, translated into English, and compared with other alchemical writings (both in Syriac and in Arabic) attributed to the ancient physician from Cos.

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