Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 526 g
Ibn Al-Amshāṭī's Al-Isfār ʿan ḥikam Al-Asfār. Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary
Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 526 g
Reihe: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series
ISBN: 978-90-04-70819-8
Verlag: Brill
The fifteenth-century travel regimen entitled al-Isfar 'an hikam al-asfar (‘The unveiling of the wisdoms of the books’) written by the Cairene jurist-physician Ibn al-Amshati (d. 1496) is an interesting example of the postclassical medical literature. It includes, besides a travel regimen (written likely as a health guide for the pilgrimage to Mecca), a short pharmacopoeia of single and compound remedies deemed useful for the traveller.
The work was composed for Kamal al-Din al-Barizi (d. 1452), the head of the Mamluk Chancery. The Arabic edition, English translation, and commentary of this text are framed by a detailed introductory study of the Arabic-language tradition of travel regimens and various medico-pharmacological glossaries.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Introduction
1 Travel Regimens in the Medieval Arabic Medical Tradition
2 The Author, Ibn al-Amsha?i
3 Al-Isfar ?an ?ikam al-asfar
Critical Edition and Translation of Ibn al-Amsha?i’s al-Isfar ?an ?ikam al-asfar
Commentary
1 Preface: A Literary Analysis
2 Introduction and Chapters 1–8: The Isfar as a Travel Regimen
3 Epilogue: Simple and Compound Medicaments for Travellers
Concluding Remarks
Appendix
Glossaries
Bibliography
Indices
