ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī's Book on the Useful Properties of Animal Parts : : Edition, translation and study of a fluid tradition / / Lucia Raggetti.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Raggetti, Lucia,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures , 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXXVI, 591 p.)

The ‘Science of properties’ represents a large and fascinating part of Arabic technical literature. The book of ʿĪsā ibn ʿAlī (9th cent.) ‘On the useful properties of animal parts’ was the first of such compositions in Arabic. His author was a Syriac physician, disciple of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, who worked at the Abbasid court during the floruit of the translation movement. For the composition of his book, as a multilingual scholar, he collected many different antique and late antique sources. The structure of the text itself—a collection of recipes that favoured a fluid transmission—becomes here the key to a new formal analysis that oriented the editorial solutions as well. The ‘Book on the useful properties of animal parts’ is a new tile that the Arabic tradition offers to the larger mosaic representing the transfer of technical knowledge in pre-modern times. This text is an important passage in that process of acquisition and original elaboration of knowledge that characterized the early Abbasid period.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Edition and translation -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Introduction -- 1. Man -- 2. Lion -- 3. Wolf -- 4. Hyena -- 5. Bear -- 6. Jerboa -- 7. Pig -- 8. Dog -- 9. Hare -- 10. Gazelle -- 11. Mountain Goat -- 12. Deer -- 13. Fox -- 14. Crocodile -- 15. Cow -- 16. Horse -- 17. Mule -- 18. Donkey -- 19. Wild Donkey -- 20. Camel -- 21. Sheep -- 22. Goat -- 23. Wild Cow -- 24. Roe Deer -- 25. Cheetah -- 26. Elephant -- 27. Ichneumon -- 28. Stellion -- 29. Buffalo -- 30. Cat -- 31. Lynx -- 32. Badger -- 33. Weasel -- 34. Jackal & Chamois -- 35. Monkey -- 36. Hyrax -- 37. Beaver -- 38. Hedgehog -- 39. Indian Hedgehog -- 40. Kāša -- 41. Salamander -- 42. Rhinoceros -- 43. Mouse -- 44. Mole -- 45. Sandgrouse -- 46. Vulture -- 47. Collared Pigeon -- 48. Wood Pigeon -- 49. Hoopoe -- 50. Swallow -- 51. Quail -- 52. Sparrow -- 53. Bat -- 54. Abū Tamra Bird -- 55. Pigeon -- 56. Egyptian Vulture -- 57. Starling -- 58. Kite -- 59. Crow -- 60. Owl -- 61. Rooster -- 62. Hen -- 63. Ostrich -- 64. Goose and Duck -- 65. Crane -- 66. Bustard -- 67. Saker Falcon -- 68. Peacock -- 69. Curlew -- 70. Eagle -- 71. Zummaǧ falcon -- 72. Sparrow Hawk -- 73. Merlin -- 74. Hawk -- 75.Green Woodpecker -- 76. Guinea Fowl -- 77. Turtledove -- 78. Wild Pigeon -- 79. Snake -- 80. Scorpion -- 81. Ladybird -- 82. Lizard -- 83. Dung Beetle -- 84. Chameleon -- 85. Blister Beetle -- 86. White Worm -- 87. Gecko -- 88. Fly -- 89. Spanish Fly -- 90. Hornet -- 91. Mantis -- 92. Ant -- 93. Scarab -- 94. Bedbugs -- 95. Lice -- 96. Flea -- 97. Spider -- 98. Kanǧ -- 99. Earthworm -- 100. Sperm Whale -- 101. River Crab -- 102. Sea Crab -- 103. Whale -- 104. Turtle -- 105. River Snail -- 106. Pearl Oyster -- 107. Leech -- 108. Frog -- 109. Freshwater Fish -- 110. Saltwater Fish -- Appendix -- Thematic Index -- Arabic-English Glossary -- English-Arabic Glossary