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A Literary History of Medicine
The Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ of Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ah. Volume 1: Essays
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A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the authorâs contemporaries, describing their training and practice, often as court physicians, and listing their medical works; all this interlaced with poems and anecdotes. These volumes present the first complete and annotated translation along with a new edition of the Arabic text showing the stages in which the author composed the work. Introductory essays provide important background. The reader will find on these pages an Islamic society that worked closely with Christians and Jews, deeply committed to advancing knowledge and applying it to health and wellbeing.
A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the authorâs contemporaries, describing their training and practice, often as court physicians, and listing their medical works; all this interlaced with poems and anecdotes. These volumes present the first complete and annotated translation along with a new edition of the Arabic text showing the stages in which the author composed the work. Introductory essays provide important background. The reader will find on these pages an Islamic society that worked closely with Christians and Jews, deeply committed to advancing knowledge and applying it to health and wellbeing.
Emilie Savage-Smith, FBA, was Professor of the History of Islamic Science, University of Oxford. Publications include A New Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, I: Medicine (2012) and, with Y. Rapoport, Lost Maps of the Caliphs (2019)
Simon Swain, FBA, is Professor of Classics, University of Warwick. Publications include Hellenism & Empire (1996), Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul: Polemonâs Physigonomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam (2007), Economy, Family and Society from Rome to Islam (2013).
Geert Jan van Gelder, PhD Leiden 1982; Lecturer in Arabic, University of Groningen, 1975â1998; Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford, 1998â2012. Fellow of the KNAW and the British Academy; author of many publications on Classical Arabic literature.
Contributors: Ignacio Sánchez, N. Peter Joosse, Alasdair Watson, Bruce Inksetter, Franak Hilloowala
Simon Swain, FBA, is Professor of Classics, University of Warwick. Publications include Hellenism & Empire (1996), Seeing the Face, Seeing the Soul: Polemonâs Physigonomy from Classical Antiquity to Medieval Islam (2007), Economy, Family and Society from Rome to Islam (2013).
Geert Jan van Gelder, PhD Leiden 1982; Lecturer in Arabic, University of Groningen, 1975â1998; Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford, 1998â2012. Fellow of the KNAW and the British Academy; author of many publications on Classical Arabic literature.
Contributors: Ignacio Sánchez, N. Peter Joosse, Alasdair Watson, Bruce Inksetter, Franak Hilloowala
"This edition will hopefully become the standard basis for research on the Ê¿UyÅ«n, especially in the Arab world. The fact that it is published open access may assist in this. The same can be said for the translation, which finally makes Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ahâs text available in full to historians of medicine as well as other scholars who do not have access to the Arabic text. [...] All in all, the edition is a great contribution to scholarship, to be received with gratitude by a wide range of scholars." Remke Kruk, in Bulletin of the School and Oriental and African Studies 84/1 (2021)
"Cette publication qui est amenée à devenir la nouvelle édition et traduction de référence des Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ dâIbn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿a, témoigne de lâimportance du travail collectif pour renouveler lâapproche de sources connues depuis longtemps mais dont il reste encore beaucoup à apprendre. Le principal apport de cette équipe a été de reprendre lâétude de la tradition manuscrite et dâobtenir des résultats nouveaux et utiles à lâhistoire du livre médiéval." Audrey Caire, in Codicologie
"Cette publication qui est amenée à devenir la nouvelle édition et traduction de référence des Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ dâIbn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿a, témoigne de lâimportance du travail collectif pour renouveler lâapproche de sources connues depuis longtemps mais dont il reste encore beaucoup à apprendre. Le principal apport de cette équipe a été de reprendre lâétude de la tradition manuscrite et dâobtenir des résultats nouveaux et utiles à lâhistoire du livre médiéval." Audrey Caire, in Codicologie
Acknowledgements
Editorial Policy
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Map of the Islamic World ca. 1200
1 Introductory Remarks
2 Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah: His Life and Career
âFranak Hilloowala
3 Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ: Its Genre and Title
âGeert Jan van Gelder
4 The Textual and Manuscript Tradition of Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ahâs Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ
âIgnacio Sánchez
5 Written Sources and the Art of Compilation in Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ahâs Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ
âIgnacio Sánchez
6 Poetry in Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ
âGeert Jan van Gelder
7 The Greek Chapters and Galen
âSimon Swain
8 The Practice of Medicine as Seen through the Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ
âEmilie Savage-Smith
List of Biographies by Chapter in Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ahâs Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ
Bibliography
General Index to Vol. 1
Glossary of Weights and Measures
Index of Verses to Vol. 2
Index of Qurâanic Quotations and Allusions to Vols. 2 and 3
Index of Personal Names to Vols. 2 and 3
Index of Place Names to Vols. 2 and 3
Subject Index to Vols. 2 and 3
Editorial Policy
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Map of the Islamic World ca. 1200
Volume 1 Essays
1 Introductory Remarks
2 Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah: His Life and Career
âFranak Hilloowala
3 Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ: Its Genre and Title
âGeert Jan van Gelder
4 The Textual and Manuscript Tradition of Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ahâs Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ
âIgnacio Sánchez
5 Written Sources and the Art of Compilation in Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ahâs Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ fÄ« á¹abaqÄt al-aá¹ibbÄʾ
âIgnacio Sánchez
6 Poetry in Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ
âGeert Jan van Gelder
7 The Greek Chapters and Galen
âSimon Swain
8 The Practice of Medicine as Seen through the Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ
âEmilie Savage-Smith
List of Biographies by Chapter in Ibn AbÄ« Uá¹£aybiÊ¿ahâs Ê¿UyÅ«n al-anbÄʾ
Bibliography
General Index to Vol. 1
Glossary of Weights and Measures
Index of Verses to Vol. 2
Index of Qurâanic Quotations and Allusions to Vols. 2 and 3
Index of Personal Names to Vols. 2 and 3
Index of Place Names to Vols. 2 and 3
Subject Index to Vols. 2 and 3
Anyone interested in the Greco-Roman legacy in Islam; in ancient and medieval healthcare; in Arabic literature and poetry; in Christians and Jews in Islamic culture; in medieval history and society.