Book/Printed Material The Comprehensive Book of Medicinal and Alimentary Simples.
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Title
- The Comprehensive Book of Medicinal and Alimentary Simples.
Summary
- Presented here is an incomplete copy of al-Jāmiʻ li-mufradāt al-adwīya wa al-aghdhīya (The comprehensive [book] of medicinal and alimentary simples) by the Andalusian author Abu Muhammad ʻAbd Allah ibn Ahmad Diaʼ al-Din ibn al-Baytar al-Malaqi, known as Ibn al-Baytar (died 1248). It is an encyclopedic work containing the names and properties of more than 1,000 species of plants and substances of medicinal value, organized alphabetically. The author quotes a host of earlier scientists, such as Dioscorides, Galen, and Ibn Sina (980-1037, commonly known as Avicenna). The author's birthplace in Malaga is reflected by the attribution al-Malaqi appearing in his name. Ibn al-Baytar's text contains, in addition, numerous references to Andalusia and Andalusian place-names, such as Ronda. The present manuscript contains less than a quarter of the original work. It starts in the middle of the section on the letter dal with Ibn al-Baytar's discussion of difla (oleander), and ends amidst the discussion of siraj al-qutrub (mandrake), in the section on the letter sin. Ibn al-Baytar's work has been produced in several modern editions.
Names
- Ibn al-Bayṭār, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad, died 1248 Author.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1600 to 1699]
Headings
- - Spain--Andalucía
- - 1197 to 1248
- - Arabic manuscripts
- - Drugs
- - Materia medica
- - Medicinal plants
- - Medicine, Arab
- - Naskh script
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 76 folios ; 208 x 132 millimeters text on 236 x 171 millimeters.
- - Original resource at: Wellcome Library.
- - Content in Arabic.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667357
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