MS ebr. 426 (Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project)
Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: This manuscript contains commentary on the book of Aphorisms attributed to Hippocrates.
Original manuscript in the Vatican Library.
This is a Judaeo-Arabic MS of Ḥunayn ibn Ishaq's Translation of Galen's commentary on the Hippocratic Aphorisms. The beginning of each Book is as follows: Bk1: 8a; Bk2: 25b; Bk3: 44a; Bk4: 59a; Bk5: 81b; Bk6: 99b. It is incomplete, ending in the middle of comm. on lemma vi. 5.
Language(s): Arabic
References
, 2008, pp. 365-366.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 101 leaves (ff. 1a-101b)
Dimensions (leaf):
Layout
One column with 30 lines
One column with 29 lines
Hand(s)
The text is written in Sephardic cursive calligraphic script.
Additions:
Marginalia: The copy has been collated with the exemplar as well as with another manuscript. The copyist has entered many corrections in the margins.
History
Origin: The copy is unnamed and undated. Beit-Arié estimates the date of copying around the late 14th century CE.
Availability
Please check with the holding institution for access details.
Funding of Cataloguing
European Research Council
Please fill out your details.