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Dispensatorium Parvum (al-AqrÄbÄdhÄ«n al-saghÄ«r)
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This book comprises a philological analysis and critical edition of an undated, anonymous Arabic pharmacopoeia, preserved in the form of a unique manuscript.
A study of the manuscript showed that it represents the oldest hand-written witness of Arabic pharmacology known to date, and one of the earliest pharmacopoeias ever written in Arabic, viz. the small, and authentic version of an otherwise lost or, in the course of transmission, largely transmuted AqrÄbÄdhÄ«n originally composed by the Christian physician SÄbÅ«r b. Sahl (d. 255/869).
Following a brief introduction, the manuscript is described, analysed and illustrated by ten facsimiles. A biographical sketch of the author is followed by a critical edition of the manuscript. Philological observations, a glossary of technical terms, and indices are appended to the edition.
A study of the manuscript showed that it represents the oldest hand-written witness of Arabic pharmacology known to date, and one of the earliest pharmacopoeias ever written in Arabic, viz. the small, and authentic version of an otherwise lost or, in the course of transmission, largely transmuted AqrÄbÄdhÄ«n originally composed by the Christian physician SÄbÅ«r b. Sahl (d. 255/869).
Following a brief introduction, the manuscript is described, analysed and illustrated by ten facsimiles. A biographical sketch of the author is followed by a critical edition of the manuscript. Philological observations, a glossary of technical terms, and indices are appended to the edition.
Oliver Kahl, Ph.D. (1993) in Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester, has published articles on various aspects of Arabic literature and, together with A. Schopen, edited, translated and annotated an extensive poème de la médecine from 18th-century Yemen.
'Die Edition ist sehr sorffältig, die drucktechnische Anordnung von vorbildlicher Ãbersichtlichkeit. Sie erschlieÃt uns eine wichtige alte Quelle...Der deutsche Teil (Einleitung, Ms-Beschreibung, philologische Bemerkungen, Glossar, Indices) läÃt keine Wünsche offen. Man darf Herrn. Kahl zu dieser Arbeit aufrichtig beglückwünschen.'
Albert Dietrich, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1996.
Albert Dietrich, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1996.
Orientalists, Graeco-Arabists, students of Syriac and Persian, historians of medicine and pharmacology, historians of science.