MS 5 (Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project)

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Summary of Contents: This manuscript contains commentary on the book of Aphorisms attributed to Hippocrates.

Author: Psuedo Palladiusمنسوب إلى فلاذيوس

Title: Commentary on the Hippocratic Aphorisms

Title: شرح فصول أبقراط المنسوب إلى فلاذيوس

Original manuscript in Maʿhad al-turāṯ alʿilmī al-ʿarābī.

The front matter attributes the text to Palladius (fl. C. 6th century) although recent scholarship contests that (see Pormann et al, 2018). It contains commentaries on the following aphorisms:: 1, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16 and 17; II: 1 and 2, 9, 15, 19.

Language(s): Arabic

References

t, Hinrich, Palladius on the Hippocratic Aphorisms, The Libraries of the Neoplatonists 2007, pagespp. 385-397

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 27 folios

Dimensions (leaf):

Layout

One column with 21 lines per page.

Hand(s)

The text is written in Maghribi.

History

Origin: The copy is undated

Provenance and Acquisition

The provenance of the manuscript is unknown. Lebanese physician and historian of medicine Sami Haddad purchased it in 1935.

Record Sources

Biesterfeldt, Hinrich, Palladius on the Hippocratic Aphorisms, The Libraries of the Neoplatonists 2007,

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

European Research Council

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