Ars medica (version of Sergius) - [ Syriac Not Available ]

Titles

• Ars medica (version of Sergius)
• Ars medica, Ars medicinalis liber I, *Ars parva, *Microtegni

Creators

• Galen — ܓܐܠܝܢܘܣ [author]
• Sergius of Reshʿayna — ܣܪܓܝܣ ܪܫܥܝܢܝܐ [translator]

Reference Numbers

• URI: http://syriaca.org/work/9734
• URI: http://viaf.org/viaf/292457702
• URN: urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg007
• Kühn: I 7, 305–412
• Fichtner: 7

Incipit

"Τρεῖς εἰσὶν αἱ πᾶσαι διδασκαλίαι τάξεως ἐχόμεναι."2

Excerpts

"[chapt. 23] ܡܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܟܕ ܠܐ ܣܢܝܩ ܥܠܝܗܿ ܬܬܩܪܒ ܠܗ ܐܘ ܕܠܐ ܒܡܫܘܚܬܐ̣. ܕܟܘܪܗܢܐ ܗܘܝܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܿ ܠܗ̇. [chapt. 24] ܡܛܠ ܗܟܝܠ ܕܒܢ̈ܝܫܐ ܗܠܝܢ [ܡ̇ܢ ܡܬ]ܚܒܫܢ ܥܠܠܬ̈ܐ [ܕܚܘܠܡܙ]ܐ: ܘܓܢܣܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܗܫܐ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܐܝܬܝܗ̇ ܡܠܬܢ. ܢܬܢܐ ܐ̈ܢܝܢ ܬܘܒ ܡܢ ܕܪܝܫ. [chapt. 28] ܒܗ ܒܟܝܢܐ ܕܪܫܝܡܐ. ܐܢ ܗ̣ܘ ܓܝܪ ܕܥܒܐ ܒܟܝܢܗ̣. ܠܐ ܪܕܐ̇ ܘܥܐ̇ܠ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܘܬܗ ܕܟܐܒܐ. [chapt. 30] ܓܪ̈ܡܐ ܕܝܢ ܪ̈ܟܝܒܐ ܕܛܠܝ̈ܐ. ܐܦܢ ܡܨܝܐ ܕܢܕܒܘܩ ܐܠܐ ܕܝܢ ܡܙܠܗܙܐ ܗ̣ܝ"1 "[chapt. 23] τῷ δὲ ἤτοι μηδ’ ὅλως δεομένῳ προσφερόμενον, ἢ οὐκ ἐν τῷ προσήκοντι μέτρῳ, νοσῶδες καθίσταται [chapt. 24] ταῦτα γὰρ οἰκειότερα ταῖς εὐκράτοις φύσεσιν. ὡσαύτως δὲ <κἀπὶ τῶν ἄλλων> [chapt. 28] <εἰ δὲ ψυχρότερον, οὐχ ἁπλῶς χρὴ τοσοῦτον ποιεῖν αὐτὸ ψυχρότερον, ἀλλὰ καὶ> τὴν ὕλην σκοπεῖσθαι πρότερον. εἰ μὲν γὰρ παχυμερές ἐστιν, οὐχ ὁδοιπορήσει μέχρι βάθους πολλοῦ. [chapt. 30] μαλακὸν δὲ καὶ παιδικὸν ὀστοῦν καὶ συμφῦναι δυνατόν. σπανίως δὲ καὶ ἡ <τοῦδε τοῦ πάθους γένεσις ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς>"2

Editions

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• Eduard Sachau, Inedita Syriaca. Eine Sammlung Syrischer Übersetzungen von Schriften Griechischer Profanliteratur. Mit Einem Anhang. Aus Den Handschriften Des Britischen Museums Herausgegeben (Wien: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses in Halle, 1870), https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_T8AkH3Rjlp8C#page/n0/mode/1up, p: 88*–94*.
  • Note: Based on London, British Library Add. 17156

Manuscripts

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• London, British Library Add. 17156, fol 13ra–14vb

Ancient Versions

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• Ancient Greek: C. G. Kühn, ed., Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia, vol. 1 (Leipzig, 1821), https://archive.org/stream/hapantaoperaomni01galeuoft#page/305/mode/1up, p: 369–372, 384–387 (chapts. 23–24, 28–30).
• Ancient Greek: Véronique Boudon-Millot, ed., Galien, Tome II: Exhortation à l’étude de La Médecine. Art Médical, Collection Des Universités de France (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2000).
• Ancient Greek: Ian Johnson, ed., Galen, On the Constitution of the Art of Medicine, The Art of Medicine, A Method of Medicine to Glaucon, Loeb Classical Library (Cambridge (Mass.)/London, 2016).

Secondary Literature

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• William Wright, Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum, Acquired since the Year 1838, 3 vols. (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1870), vol: 3p: 1187a–1188b.