On Digamma and the Armenian EarthLe MuséonSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/2U4TQNCP/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.NaïmaAfifSiamBhayroPeter E.PormannWilliam I.SellersNataliaSmelovaOn Digamma and the Armenian Earthhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/2U4TQNCPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/2U4TQNCPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/2U4TQNCPLe Muséon131:3-42018391-414The treatise <i>On the Mixture and Power of Simple Drugs</i> (Περὶ κράσεως καὶ δυνάμεως τῶν ἁπλῶν φαρμάκων) by Galen of Pergamum (129-216) is transmitted in a number of Greek manuscripts, and was translated into Syriac and Arabic. One Greek manuscript, Vatican Urbinas gr. 67, contains a passage from book IX about digamma and ‘Armenian earth’, not transmitted in the majority of Greek manuscripts and not included in the standard Greek edition by Kühn (1826). Galen called ‘Armenian earth’ a mineral that probably was orpiment, although the exact identification remains problematic. We now present a critical edition of the Syriac translation of part of this passage on the basis of the Syriac Galen Palimpsest; discuss the historic use of digamma; and explore the importance of Galen’s attestation of Armenian words.
Afif, Naïma, Siam Bhayro, Peter E. Pormann, William I. Sellers, and Natalia Smelova. “On Digamma and the Armenian Earth.” Le Muséon 131:3-4 (2018): 391–414.
Naïma Afif et al., On Digamma and the Armenian Earth,Le Muséon 131:3-4 (2018): 391–414.GalenIV-VII CESergius of ReshainaVI CEmedicineprimary sources [Syriac] + English translationtranslations from Greektranslations into Syriac