- Liber pantegni
The "Liber pantegni" (παντεχνη " [encompassing] all [medical] arts") is a medieval medical text compiled by Constantinus Africanus in ca. the 1080s, ascribed to
Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (10th century). It is a compendium of Hellenistic andIslamic medicine , in large parts a translation of the "kitab al-malaki" "royal book" of Ali ibn al-Abbas. A distinction is made between "theorica" and "practica", as it has been made before in the so calledIsagoge Johannitii an earlier medical text, which was originally written byHunayn ibn Ishaq . The "Liber pantegni" was expanded byJohannes Afflatius under the title of "liber aureus", and further byStephen of Antioch (1127) as "regalis dispositio".A shorter and more practical compilation of Constantinus is the Viaticum.
Editions
* Opera omnia ysaac. Ed. Andreas Turinus. Lugduni 1515; Constantini opera. Apud
Henricus Petrus . Basileae 1536/39.
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]Literature
*Constantine the African and Ali ibn al-Abbas al-Magusi: The Pantegni and Related Texts, The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Edited by Burnett and Jacquart, Studies in Ancient Medicine, vol. 10. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1994.
*Moritz Steinschneider: Constantinus Africanus und seine arabischen Quellen. In: Virchows Arch. 37 (1866) 351-416;
*Charles Singer: A Legend of Salerno. How Constantin the Africain Brought the Art of Medicine to the Christians. In: John Hopkins Bulletin 28 (1917) 64-69;
*Hermann Lehmann: Die Arbeitsweise des Constantinus Afrikanus und des Johannes Afflacius im Verhältnis zueinander. In: Archeion 12 (1930) 272-281;
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