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Leprosy (al-ǧuḏām) and Smallpox (al-ǧudarī) in the Kitāb al-Malakī and its Two Latin Translations

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Quaderni di Noctua ; 7Publisher: Florence, Parma, Turin : E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni : E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Università degli Studi di Torino [Imprint], 2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource (1 electronic resource 70-107 p.)ISBN:
  • 9788875903183
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: The contribution aims to analyze the pathology of leprosy (al-ǧuḏām) and smallpox (al-ǧudarī) in the Arabic medical encyclopedia Kitāb al-Malakī, composed by the physician ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbas al-Maǧūsī, and in its two Latin translations, the Pantegni by Constantine the African and the Liber Regalis by Stephen of Antioch. The study of the Arabic text shows that the etiology of these diseases involves an interplay of different factors, including contagion, and explains to what extent the Kitāb al-Malakī presents original doctrines. Secondly, by taking into account similarities and shifts in comparison with the Arabic original, the contribution shows how the two Latin translators faced the challenge of creating a new lexicon as a vehicle for the innovative translated ideasPPN: PPN: 1983964298Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
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