Take a lame and decrepit female hyena...: a Genizah study of two additional fragments of Săbŭr ibn Sahl's al-Aqrăbădhĭn al-saghĭr.
Săbŭr ibn Sahl's al-Aqrăbdădhĭn al-saghĭr is the earliest Arabic pharmacopoeia known to have survived. Finding fragments of Săbŭr's pharmacopoeia in the Cairo Genizah shows that it was used by the medical practitioners of the Jewish community of Cairo, possibly long after it is supposed to have been superceded by other works. We present here a synoptic edition of two Arabic fragments, T-S Ar. 40.5 and Ar. 41.90. These fragments overlap to a large extent, but are not exactly the same. We suggest that one (T-S Ar. 41.90) may be the work of a professional scribe, while the other (T-S Ar. 40.5) was copied by a practitioner for his personal use.
Chipman
Leigh N
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Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba. leigh.chipman@gmail.com
Lev
Efraim
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D049690:History, Ancient; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic / Q000266:history*; D008514:Medicine, Arabic / Q000266:history*; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic / Q000266:history*