The Book of the Crown (Kitāb Al-Iklīl) of Pseudo-Rhazes

A Facsimile Edition and Annotated English Translation
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-54402-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 123, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 509 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

Oliver Kahl and Henrietta Sharp Cockrell present a facsimile edition of a newly discovered medieval medical text attributed to the famous physician Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya' al-Razi (Rhazes, d. 925 CE). This unique Arabic manuscript comprises a work in the health regimen genre titled “Book of the Crown” (Kitab al-Iklil). Copied in 1220 CE and bound parallel to the text (flip-bound), it is highly unusual, both in terms of physical appearance and topical choices. The edition is accompanied by an annotated English translation en regard, a detailed introduction including a codicological study, and bilingual indices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kahl, Oliver

Cockrell, Henrietta Sharp

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Preliminary Notes

2 Rhazes

3 The Present Work

4 Authorship

5 Manuscript Format

6 Text Layout

7 Illuminated Heading

8 Measurements and Script

9 Paper

10 Binding

11 Conclusion

Plates

Facsimile Edition and Translation

Bibliography

Index of Substances and Products

Index of Proper Names

Über Autor(innen)

Oliver Kahl, Ph.D. (1993), University of Manchester, is Research Fellow at the Department of Semitic Studies, University of Marburg, Germany. He has published several books (mostly with Brill) and numerous articles on the history of Arabic science and medicine.

Henrietta Sharp Cockrell, formerly a specialist in the Islamic department at Christie’s, has contributed to several publications on Islamic art and manuscripts. She is currently cataloguing the National Trust Collections’ corpus of Islamic manuscripts.