Marwān ibn Janāḥ : : on the nomenclature of medicinal drugs (Kitāb al-talkhīṣ) edition, translation and commentary, with special reference to the Ibero-Romance terminology / / edited by Gerrit Bos [and three others].

• Superior document: Islamic History and Civilization ; 170
• VerfasserIn: Ibn Janāḥ, Abū al-Walīd Marwān, approximately 990-approximately 1050,
• TeilnehmendeR: Bos, Gerrit, 1948-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic History and Civilization ; 170.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: "In two volumes."

In early eleventh century Zaragoza, the eminent Jewish scholar Abū l-Walīd Marwān ibn Janāḥ wrote a glossary containing almost 1100 entries, entitled Kitāb al-Talkhīṣ . This important text, considered lost until recently, contains Arabic and foreign-language names of simple drugs, weights, measures, and other medical terms. In the present volume, the Kitāb al-Talkhīṣ is edited and translated for the first time by Gerrit Bos and Fabian Käs. In detailed commentaries, the editors identify the substances mentioned in the Talkhīṣ . They also elaborate on the role of the text in the history of Arabic glossaries concerned with medical nomenclature. Special attention is paid to Ibn Janāḥ’s Ibero-Romance phytonyms, analysed in depth by Mailyn Lübke and Guido Mensching.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Ibn Janāḥ: Life and Work (§§ 1–3) -- 2 The Kitāb al-Talkhīṣ (§§ 4–7) -- 3 History of Research (§ 8) -- 4 The Romance Component (§§ 9–12) -- 5 The Manuscript (§ 13) -- 6 Principles of the Edition (§ 14) -- 7 The Commentary (§ 16) -- 8 Sources of the Kitāb al-Talkhīṣ (§§ 17–110) -- 9 Texts Depending on the Kitāb al-Talkhīṣ (§§ 111–119) -- Text, Translation, and Commentary -- alif -- bāʾ -- jīm -- dāl -- hāʾ -- wāw -- zāy -- ḥāʾ -- ṭāʾ -- yāʾ -- kāf -- lām -- mīm -- nūn -- sīn -- ʿayn -- fāʾ -- ṣād -- qāf -- rāʾ -- shīn -- tāʾ -- thāʾ -- khāʾ -- dhāl -- ḍād -- ghayn -- Bibliography -- Index of Arabic and Arabicized Terms -- Index of Greek Terms -- Index of Berber Terms -- Index of Ibero-Romance Terms and Their Latin Etyma -- Index of Syriac and Aramaic Terms -- Index of Persian Terms -- Index of Sanskrit Terms -- Index of Scientific Nomenclature -- Index of Common Names and Technical Terms -- Arabic Index (in Arabic Script) -- Index of Authors and Books.