Medical glossaries in the Hebrew tradition : Shem Tov ben Isaac, Sefer Almansur : with a supplement on the Romance and Latin terminology / by Gerrit Bos, Guido Mensching, Julia Zwink.

Author
Shem Tov ben Isaak, of Tortosa, active 13th century [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Hebrew
Published/​Created
  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xi, 118 pages ; 25 cm.

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    Summary note
    "The Sefer Almansur contains a pharmacopeia of about 250 medicinal ingredients with their Arabic names (in Hebrew characters), their Romance (Old Occitan) and occasionally Hebrew equivalents. The pharmacopeia, which describes the properties and therapeutical uses of simple drugs featured at the end of Book Three of the Sefer Almansur. This work was translated into Hebrew from the Arabic Kitāb al-Manṣūrī (written by al-Rāzī) by Shem Tov ben Isaac of Tortosa, who worked in Marseille in the 13th century. Gerrit Bos, Guido Mensching and Julia Zwink supply a critical edition of the Hebrew text, an English translation and an analysis of the Romance and Latin terminology in Hebrew transcription. The authors show the pharmaceutical terminological innovation of Hebrew and of the vernacular, and give us proof of the important role of medieval Jews in preserving and transferring medical knowledge."-- Publisher's website.
    Notes
    Includes indexes.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Language note
    Text in Hebrew with English translation on facing pages, some footnotes contain Arabic terms; Introduction in English.
    Contents
    • Introduction. 1. Multilingual Medical Glossaries in Hebrew Characters ; 2. Shem Tov Ben Isaac of Tortosa ; 3. Shem Tov’s Translation of the List of Medicinal Ingredients ; 4. Romance and Latin Terms
    • Hebrew Text and English Translation
    • Supplement: Romance and Latin Terms in the Sefer al-Manṣuri
    • Indexes. Terms in Hebrew Characters (Hebrew, Arabic, Romance, and Latin) ; English ; Romance and Latin (as Interpreted from the Hebrew Forms) ; Non-Identified (Romance or Latin?) Terms.
    Other title(s)
    Sefer Almansur.
    ISBN
    • 9789004352025 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
    • 9004352023 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
    LCCN
    ^^2017028041
    OCLC
    989755201
    RCP
    H - S
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