num_pages: 376
description: When the tenth-century Kāmil as-sinā'a (or al-Kitāb al-malakī ) of 'Alī ibn al-'Abbās al-Mağūsī was adapted for a Latin-reading audience by Constantine the African in the late eleventh century, the medieval West had, for the first time, the opportunity to use a text which covered the whole of medicine. But the 100-odd extant manuscripts suggest that Contantine's Pantegni was put together over a considerable period of time, and chapters from other Latin and newly-translated Arabic medical works were added to or substituted those of the Kāmil . This book is the first to be devoted to Constantine the it sheds light on the School of Salerno and the formation of a medical corpus in the High Middle Ages.
language: French
title: Constantine the African and 'Ali Ibn Al-'Abbas Al-Magusi: The Pantegni and Related Texts (Studies in Ancient Medicine, Vol 10) (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 10)
titlecomplete: Constantine the African and 'Ali Ibn Al-'Abbas Al-Magusi: The Pantegni and Related Texts (Studies in Ancient Medicine, Vol 10) (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 10) (English and French Edition)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Brill Academic Pub