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Book/Printed Material The Comprehensive Book of Medicinal and Alimentary Simples.

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Title

  • The Comprehensive Book of Medicinal and Alimentary Simples.

Summary

  • Presented here is an incomplete copy of al-Jāmiʻ li-mufradāt al-adwīya wa al-aghdhīya (The comprehensive [book] of medicinal and alimentary simples) by the Andalusian author Abu Muhammad ʻAbd Allah ibn Ahmad Diaʼ al-Din ibn al-Baytar al-Malaqi, known as Ibn al-Baytar (died 1248). It is an encyclopedic work containing the names and properties of more than 1,000 species of plants and substances of medicinal value, organized alphabetically. The author quotes a host of earlier scientists, such as Dioscorides, Galen, and Ibn Sina (980-1037, commonly known as Avicenna). The author's birthplace in Malaga is reflected by the attribution al-Malaqi appearing in his name. Ibn al-Baytar's text contains, in addition, numerous references to Andalusia and Andalusian place-names, such as Ronda. The present manuscript contains less than a quarter of the original work. It starts in the middle of the section on the letter dal with Ibn al-Baytar's discussion of difla (oleander), and ends amidst the discussion of siraj al-qutrub (mandrake), in the section on the letter sin. Ibn al-Baytar's work has been produced in several modern editions.

Names

  • Ibn al-Bayṭār, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad, died 1248 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1600 to 1699]

Headings

  • -  Spain--Andalucía
  • -  1197 to 1248
  • -  Arabic manuscripts
  • -  Drugs
  • -  Materia medica
  • -  Medicinal plants
  • -  Medicine, Arab
  • -  Naskh script

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 76 folios ; 208 x 132 millimeters text on 236 x 171 millimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Wellcome Library.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667357

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Chicago citation style:

Ibn Al-Bayṭār, ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Aḥmad, Died 1248 Author. The Comprehensive Book of Medicinal and Alimentary Simples. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1699, 1600] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667357/.

APA citation style:

Ibn Al-Bayṭār, ʻ. A. I. A. (1600) The Comprehensive Book of Medicinal and Alimentary Simples. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1699] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667357/.

MLA citation style:

Ibn Al-Bayṭār, ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Aḥmad, Died 1248 Author. The Comprehensive Book of Medicinal and Alimentary Simples. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1699, 1600] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667357/>.