Liber Aggregatus in Medicinis Simplicibus

Liber Aggregatus in Medicinis Simplicibus

Ibn Serapion, active 9th century

Incunabula

Judaica

Abraham, of Tortosa, active 13th century (translator)

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Initials (layout features)

This is the first medical book – an Arabic work on medicine, pharmacology, and therapeutics – translated by a Jew (Abraham of Tortosa, fl. 13th century). “Simples” are the foundations (plant, animal, or mineral) upon which compounded preparations are formulated.

Excerpt from Abraham of Tortosa's translation of Ibn Serapion's Liber Aggregatus in Medicinis Simplicibus [Compilation on Simple Medicines], showing the illuminated initials

Ibn Serapion, active 9th century

Antonio Zarotto

1473

Abraham, of Tortosa, active 13th century (translator)

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Excerpt (1 page)

Latin

DigID0002794

Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1934