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When the tenth-century Kamil as-sinaba (or al-Kitab al-malaki) of bAli ibn al-bAbbas al-Magusi was adapted for a Latin-reading audience by Constantine the African in the late eleventh century, the medieval West had, for the first time, the opportunity to use a text which covered the whole of medicine. But the 100-odd extant manuscripts suggest that Contantine's Pantegni was put together over a considerable period of time, and chapters from other Latin and newly-translated Arabic medical works were added to or substituted those of the Kamil. This book is the first to be devoted to Constantine the African: it sheds light on the School of Salerno and the formation of a medical corpus in the High Middle Ages.
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Constantine the African and 'Ali Ibn Al-'Abbas Al-Magusi: The Pantegni and Related Texts (Studies in Ancient Medicine, Vol 10),Charles Burnett,Danielle Jacquart,Brill Academic Publishers,9004100148,-ali ibn al-Abbas al-Maju,Architecture,Constantine,,General,History,History Of Medicine,History of Medicine, Medieval,History: World,Interior Design - General,Manuscripts, Medical,Medical / Nursing,Medicine, Arab,Pantegni,Science,Science/Mathematics,ca. 1020-1087,the African,,Arabic,Constantine,Latin,Literary studies: classical, early & medieval,World history: c 500 to C 1500,°-ali ibn al-°Abbas al-Majusi,°Ali ibn al-°Abbas al-Majusi
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