Continuing research on the Syriac Galen Palimpsest: collaborative implementation within the framework of two European projects

Afif, Naima; Arsene, Corneliu; Bhayro, Siam; Calà, Irene; Daccache, Jimmy; Hawley, Robert; Kessel, Grigory; Pormann, Peter; Sellers, William I.; Smelova, Natalia

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“…Kühn 1821Kühn -1833. 89 Furthermore, a precious witness to the Syriac translation of On Simple Drugs, books 6-9, has been recently identified in a privately-hold palimpsest (the so-called "Syriac Galen Palimpsest") and is currently under investigation by a team of scholars working with Peter Pormann, who is preparing a critical edition of the Syriac text: see Bhayro et al 2013;Hawley 2014;Afif et al 2016. 90 Galen, On Simple Drugs, VII 58 (ed.…”

Section: Loanwords and Decknamenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Alchemical lexica in Syriac: planetary signs, code names and medicines

Martelli

2021

Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques

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Technical terminology and Decknamen represent key hallmarks of the alchemical literature in different traditions. The opacity of this vocabulary makes the reading of alchemical texts difficult and, in order to cope with similar challenges, Byzantine, Syriac and Arabic scholars soon started compiling technical vocabularies. In my paper I shall investigate two (partially overlapping) lexica, which open the BL Syriac alchemical MSS Egerton 709 and Oriental 1593. On the one hand, I will explore the variety of sources used by the anonymous compiler(s) to assemble these useful tools (Byzantine alchemists as well as the Greek medical tradition; Syro-Arabic lexicography). On the other, particular attention will be given to the structure and mise en page of the two lexica, which will be compared with analogous alchemical dictionaries in the Byzantine (e.g. MS Marcianus gr. 299) and Arabic (e.g. MS Gotha 1261) traditions.

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Section: Loanwords and Decknamenmentioning

confidence: 99%