A Hitherto Unknown Medical Fragment in Syriac. Evidence of Recipes and Prescriptions from the Qubbet el-Ḫazne of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus

This paper presents the first edition of two leaves with medical content discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in the Qubbet el-Ḫazne of the Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. The bifolium contains fragments of pharmaceutical recipes in Syriac that are not known from any previously publishe...

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Main Author: Fiori, Emiliano (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 200-229
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Syria / Medicine / Fragment / Tradition
IxTheo Classification:KBL Near East and North Africa
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Syriac medical fragments pharmaceutical recipes Syriac medical tradition
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Summary:This paper presents the first edition of two leaves with medical content discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in the Qubbet el-Ḫazne of the Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. The bifolium contains fragments of pharmaceutical recipes in Syriac that are not known from any previously published work. A brief commentary appended to the critical edition situates these fragments in the Syriac medical tradition.
ISSN:1745-5227
Contains:In: Aramaic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455227-001