"Tabula Antidotarii" of Armengaud Blaise and Its Hebrew Translation: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 90, Part 6) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871699060)

Armengaud Blaise or Blaise (d. 1312), a nephew of the celebrated medieval medical & theological figure Arnau de Vilanova (d.1311), is becoming better known, thanks in large part to the documentation preserved in the Archivo de la Corona de Aragon. Armengaud became a practicing physician and went to Barcelona at the end of 1303 to serve the king & queen, & later became physician to Pope Clement V at Avignon. He helped turn Latin into at least five works from the earlier tradition of Greco-Arabic scientific learning & also wrote at least two original medical compositions. The second of these, called the "Tabula Antidotarii," is a summary list of a number of common compound medicines together with their properties, arranged in tabular form. This book provides a study of Armengaud & the Latin "Tabula Antidotarii"; Estori ha-Parhi & the Hebrew translation of the "Tabula"; & The Latin & Hebrew texts. It also includes the English, Latin & Hebrew texts of the "Tabula"; facsimile pages; the translator's intro.; Table 1: The sequence of drugs in the manuscripts; Documentation in the Crown of Aragon concerning Armengaud Blaise; Bibliography; Index of Proper Names; Hebrew-Latin Index; & Latin-Hebrew Index.

Author: Lola Ferre,Michael McVaugh
ISBN-10: 0871699060
ISBN-13: 9780871699060
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 218
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2001 pg. 82