Transliteration versus Translation of Greek Plant Names in the Syriac Medical Writings of Sergius of Reš ‘Aynā: On the Tables of Contents in BL Add. 14,661

Transliteration versus Translation of Greek Plant Names in the Syriac Medical Writings of Sergius of Reš ‘Aynā: On the Tables of Contents in BL Add. 14,661Aramaic 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/MY69I7LK/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.IreneCalàRobertHawleyTransliteration versus Translation of Greek Plant Names in the Syriac Medical Writings of Sergius of Reš ‘Aynā: On the Tables of Contents in BL Add. 14,661http://syriaca.org/cbss/MY69I7LKhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/MY69I7LKhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/MY69I7LKAramaic Studies15:22017155-182This article explores some of the translational choices made by Sergius of Reš ʿAynā in translating the Greek plant names found in Books VI–VIII of Galen’s treatise On simple drugs into Syriac, and especially as found in the “tables of contents”—or pínakes—which preface these books. These latter took the form of alphabetically ordered lists of Greek phytonyms transliterated into Syriac characters, occasionally followed by a translational gloss in Syriac. After a brief introduction, we discuss the form, function and content of these pínakes, outline a typology, and suggest explanations for selected problematic features. Calà, Irene, and Robert Hawley. “Transliteration versus Translation of Greek Plant Names in the Syriac Medical Writings of Sergius of Reš ‘Aynā: On the Tables of Contents in BL Add. 14,661.” Aramaic Studies 15:2 (2017): 155–82. Irene Calà and Robert Hawley, Transliteration versus Translation of Greek Plant Names in the Syriac Medical Writings of Sergius of Reš ‘Aynā: On the Tables of Contents in BL Add. 14,661, Aramaic Studies 15:2 (2017): 155–82.IV-VII CEJacobitesSergius of ReshainaVI CEmedicineplantstranslations from Greektranslations into Arabic