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Kitâb al-Diryâq : (Thériaque de Paris).
Fine Arts Library - Rare Book Portfolio R128.3 .K58 2008 v.1-3
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Bibliothèque nationale (France)--Manuscript--Arabe 2964.
- Bibliothèque nationale (France).
- Kitâb al-diryâq.
- Kitâb al-Diryâq.
- Manuscripts, Arabic--Facsimiles.
- Manuscripts, Arabic.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts.
- Antidotes.
- Medicine, Greek and Roman.
- Pharmacognosy.
- History.
- Islamic miniature painting.
- Islamic miniature painting--Specimens.
- Pharmacognosy--History--Early works to 1800.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab.
- Medicine, Greek and Roman--Early works to 1800.
- Medicine, Arab.
- Antidotes--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Facsimiles.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes : illustrations, facsimile, portraits ; 48 cm
- Other Title:
- Thériaque de Paris
- Book of Theriac.
- Treatise on Theriac.
- Place of Publication:
- Sansepolcro : Aboca Museum Edizioni, c2008-c2009 (Milano : Cover Communication)
- Language Note:
- Facsim. vol. (v.2) in Arabic, with notes in Persian and French; interpretative vols. in French, Arabic, and English (v.1), and Italian, German, and Spanish (v.3).
- Summary:
- A facsimile reproduction, and aesthetic, historical, and medical appreciation, of an Arabic manuscript conserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris (arabe 2964). Profusely illuminated and written in Kufic and naskhī script, this work of Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fath, dated 1199, describes theriac, the ancient medicinal compound that was initially used as a specific cure for bites given by poisonous snakes and wild animals (in ancient Greek, thērion) and which later became widely used as a panacea. The manuscript includes illustrations of the medicinal plants used in the Arab world in the recipes drawn up by the most important physicians of the Greek tradition who contributed to the development of theriac, such as Galen of Pergamum and Andromachus, and includes a series of tales and anecdotes about these physicians of antiquity. This copy of the treatise is called the Paris Kitâb al-Diryâq to distinguish it from others in Beirut, Cairo, St. Petersburg, and Vienna.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Valentino Mercati
- History of the manuscript and codicological presentation / Marie-Geneviève Guesdon
- The Paris Kitâb al-Diryâq, an essay in interpretation / Oleg Grabar
- Three states of the moon : perspectives for understanding the frontispiece of the Book of Theriac / Anna Caiozzo
- The medicinal purpose of the Book of Theriac / Françoise Micheau, with Gérard Troupeau
- A descriptive reconstruction and catalogue of the Paris Kitâb al-Diryâq / Jaclynne J. Kerner.
- Notes:
- Title from vol. 1 (with an added title page in Arabic); vol. 2 is a facsimile of the original manuscript.
- Vols. 1 & 3 have date 2009; vol. 2 has date 2008.
- Vols. 1 & 2 issued together in a slip-case; vol. 3 issued in a slip-case.
- Facsimile vol. printed in a limited edition of 1299 copies: 999 copies numbered in arabic numerals (1-999), 200 copies numbered in roman numerals (I-CC) reserved for Touch Art, 100 copies numbered in Latin ("uno"-"centum") reserved for the Aboca Museum.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Penn Libraries has copy no. 59 (of 999) of the manuscript facsimile reproduction.
- ISBN:
- 9788895642277
- 9788895642260
- OCLC:
- 504096906
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