medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Briggs wrote:
>>
>>> I know that he translated IBN WAFID`s book named THE BOOK OF THE PILLOW
>>> or in Arabic EL-KITAB AL-WISAD. Ibn Wafid was a 12th century phisician
>>> fro al Andalus.
>>>
>>> The book of Ibn Wafid was translated into the Hebrew Lenguage by the
>>> mentioned Judah ben Solomon Nathan and named by him MERA`ASHOT HA-ROSH.
>>>
>>> This bring me to ask again for any biblio/biographical information
>>> either about JUDAH BAN SOLOMON or about his book.
>>>
>>> Your sincerely,
>>> Uriel
>>>
>
> I think the physician must be Ibn Wafid al-Lakhmi (of Toledo) - Latin
> name: Abenguefit. He seems to be 11th century rather than 12th (born
> 997, died c.1074). His two books seem to be Kitab al-Wisad, which seems
> to be about sleep in medicine (although he is also supposed to have
> written on balneotherapy), and a treatise on materia medica: al-kitab fi
> al-adwiya al-mufrada. He seems to be mostly written up in the history of
> medicine - and in Spanish!
>
Bingo! It's "Nathan Judah ben Solomon" - Provençal physician of the
fourteenth century. Unfortunately, all I can find is an entry in the Jewish
Encyclopedia!
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=109&letter=N
Over to those with access to Seminar Rooms (although France and Spain are
not in the Middle East :-) )
John Briggs
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