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- Title
A HOSPITAL HANDBOOK FOR THE COMMUNITY: EVIDENCE FOR THE EXTENSIVE USE OF IBN ABĪ 'L-BAYĀN'S AL-DUSTŪR AL-BĪMĀRISTĀNĪ BY THE JEWISH PRACTITIONERS OF MEDIEVAL CAIRO.
- Authors
Lev, Efraim; Chipman, Leigh; Niessen, Friedrich
- Abstract
Al-Dustūr al-bīmāristānī by Ibn Abī 'l-Bayān forms an important part of the Arabic tradition of hospital dispensatories and has remained well-known to the traditional practitioners of the Middle East. So far, eleven fragments of the Dustūr have been identified in the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collections at the Cambridge University Library, of which eight are in Arabic script and three are in Judaeo-Arabic. This article discusses the significance of these fragments, particularly those in Judaeo-Arabic. We also provide editions and translations of two of the fragments.
- Subjects
MIDDLE East; DISPENSATORIES; HANDBOOKS, vade-mecums, etc.; ARABIC language; JUDEO-Arabic language; GENIZAH
- Publication
Journal of Semitic Studies, 2008, Vol 53, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
0022-4480
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jss/fgm046