Liber Aggregatus in Medicinis Simplicibus

Item Information

Title:
Liber Aggregatus in Medicinis Simplicibus
Description:
This is the first medical book – an Arabic work on medicine, pharmacology, and therapeutics – translated by a Jew (Abraham of Tortosa, fl. 13th century). “Simples” are the foundations (plant, animal, or mineral) upon which compounded preparations are formulated. Excerpt from Abraham of Tortosa's translation of Ibn Serapion's Liber Aggregatus in Medicinis Simplicibus [Compilation on Simple Medicines], showing the illuminated initials
Creator:
Ibn Serapion, active 9th century
Contributor:
Abraham, of Tortosa, active 13th century (translator)
Date:
1473
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 639)
Series:
Boston Medical Library > Solomon M. Hyams Collection of Hebraic Medical Literature
Subjects:
Ibn Serapion, active 9th century
Incunabula
Judaica
Abraham, of Tortosa, active 13th century (translator)
Translations (documents)
Initials (layout features)
Extent:
Excerpt (1 page)
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12968
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Publisher:
Antonio Zarotto
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Identifier:
DigID0002794