Ibn Baklarish's Book Of Simples
Medical Remedies Between Three Faiths In 12Th-Century Spain
Editor: CharlesBurnett
Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2008
Hardback, 216 pages
Size: 318x240 mm
ISBN: 9780199543069
ISBN-10: 0199543062
Ibn Baklarish's Book Of Simples
This book concerns a polyglot medical manuscript, Kitab al-Musta'ini, by Jewish physician, Ibn Baklarish for his Muslim patron, al-Musta'in bi-llah (reg. Saragossa 1085 - 1110). Tables give properties, uses, and names in other languages, of over 700 medicinal substances. Latin and Romance annotations attest to Christian readers.

