Viaticum by Constantine the African with gloss, 13th century
Contents
MS 173 contains Viaticum by Constantine the African (Constantinus Africanus). Constantine's text is a Latin translation of a medical manual by a 10th century Arab physician, Abu Ja‛far Ahmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn abī Khālid al-Jazzār, a student of the Arab Jewish physician Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (known as Isaac Judaeus in Europe). Constantine's Latin adaption of the original text followed the same organisational structure of medical knowledge and treatments, starting at the head and working down to the feet.
The text contains seven books; and an unidentified gloss is included around the double columns of Constantine's text in MS 173.
Dates
- Creation: 13th century
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to all. The manuscripts can be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Main Library.
Full Extent
93 folios
Language of Materials
Latin
General
Foliation and number of lines to a page: ff. 93, double columns with 32 lines to a page.
Repository Details
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