A Hitherto Unknown Medical Fragment in Syriac: Evidence of Recipes and Prescriptions from the Qubbet el-Ḫazne of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus

A Hitherto Unknown Medical Fragment in Syriac: Evidence of Recipes and Prescriptions from the Qubbet el-Ḫazne of the Umayyad Mosque in DamascusAramaic StudiesSyriaca.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/835HBPLV/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.EmilianoFioriA Hitherto Unknown Medical Fragment in Syriac: Evidence of Recipes and Prescriptions from the Qubbet el-Ḫazne of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascushttp://syriaca.org/cbss/835HBPLVhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/835HBPLVhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/835HBPLVAramaic Studies15:22017200-229This paper presents the first edition of two leaves with medical content discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in the Qubbet el-Ḫazne of the Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. The bifolium contains fragments of pharmaceutical recipes in Syriac that are not known from any previously published work. A brief commentary appended to the critical edition situates these fragments in the Syriac medical tradition. Fiori, Emiliano. “A Hitherto Unknown Medical Fragment in Syriac: Evidence of Recipes and Prescriptions from the Qubbet El-Ḫazne of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.” Aramaic Studies 15:2 (2017): 200–229. Emiliano Fiori, A Hitherto Unknown Medical Fragment in Syriac: Evidence of Recipes and Prescriptions from the Qubbet El-Ḫazne of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Aramaic Studies 15:2 (2017): 200–229.DamascusVII-XVIII CEmedicineprimary sources [Syriac] + English translation