Dissertation on the hair. Edition and translation of anonymous text included in the miscellaneous manuscript nº 888 of the Royal Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Authors

  • Ana María Cabo-González Universidad de Sevilla

Keywords:

Arabic medicine, Hair, Arabic manuscripts, Medieval Arabic pharmacology

Abstract

Arabic edition and the Spanish translation of an anonymous short scientific treatise, Dissertation on the hair, included in the miscellaneous manuscript nº 888 of the Royal Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, providing reasons for hair growth and significance in the body, differences between hair of men, women and children, and characteristics and qualities of people with curly, straight, blond or dark hair and capillary diseases. The whole manuscript consists of fourteen parts written by the same copyist in 170 folios under the general title of The book of medical and philosophical curiosities and utilities, covering several subjects from both branches of knowledge.

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Author Biography

Ana María Cabo-González, Universidad de Sevilla

Profesora contratada doctoraÁrea de Estudios Árabes e IslámicosFacultad de FilologíaUniversidad de Sevilla

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Published

2015-01-07

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Cabo-González, A. M. (2015). Dissertation on the hair. Edition and translation of anonymous text included in the miscellaneous manuscript nº 888 of the Royal Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Miscelánea De Estudios Árabes Y Hebraicos. Sección Árabe-Islam, 64, 31–44. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/meaharabe/article/view/14187

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Vol. 64 (2015)

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