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Der kurze Traktat al-Maqāṣid al-saniyyah li-maʿrifat al-aǧsām al-maʿdiniyyah des berühmten ägyptischen Geschichtsschreibers al-Maqrīzī (gest. 845/1442) befasst sich mit der Klassifikation der Mineralien, ihren medizinischen Anwendungen sowie Theorien über ihre Entstehung. Käs legt hier erstmals eine kritische Textedition mit deutscher Übersetzung und ausführlichem Kommentar vor. Grundlage der Edition des arabischen Texts war in der Hauptsache ein Leidener Codex, der von al-Maqrīzī eigenhändig korrigiert und mit Glossen erweitert wurde. Ein Faksimile der Handschrift wird in diesem Band ebenfalls abgedruckt. Käs konnte nachweisen, dass der Traktat fast vollständig von den Enzyklopädien Ibn Faḍlallāh al-ʿUmarīs und al-Qazwīnīs abhängig ist. Die Inhalte der Mineralienkapitel dieser Werke lassen sich ihrerseits bis zu den frühen arabischen Naturphilosophen und ihren griechischen Vorläufern zurückverfolgen.
The short treatise entitled al-Maqāṣid al-saniyyah li-maʿrifat al-aǧsām al-maʿdiniyyah by the famous Egyptian historiographer al-Maqrīzī (d. 845/1442) deals with the classification of minerals, their medicinal uses and theories of their coming into being. Käs presents for the first time a critical edition of this text along with a German translation and a detailed commentary. The edition of the Arabic text is mainly based on the Leiden codex corrected and enlarged by al-Maqrīzī himself. A facsimile of this manuscript is also provided in this volume. Käs was able to prove that the treatise depends almost exclusively on the encyclopedias by Ibn Faḍlallāh al-ʿUmarī and al-Qazwīnī. The contents of their chapters on minerals can in turn be traced back to the early Arabic natural philosophers and their Greek precursors.
The short treatise entitled al-Maqāṣid al-saniyyah li-maʿrifat al-aǧsām al-maʿdiniyyah by the famous Egyptian historiographer al-Maqrīzī (d. 845/1442) deals with the classification of minerals, their medicinal uses and theories of their coming into being. Käs presents for the first time a critical edition of this text along with a German translation and a detailed commentary. The edition of the Arabic text is mainly based on the Leiden codex corrected and enlarged by al-Maqrīzī himself. A facsimile of this manuscript is also provided in this volume. Käs was able to prove that the treatise depends almost exclusively on the encyclopedias by Ibn Faḍlallāh al-ʿUmarī and al-Qazwīnī. The contents of their chapters on minerals can in turn be traced back to the early Arabic natural philosophers and their Greek precursors.
Price: $196.00
Pages: 326
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Bibliotheca Maqriziana
Publication Date:
07 May 2015
ISBN: 9789004277601
Format: Hardcover
"The outstanding work that Fabian Käs has done so far on the difficult and intriguing subject of Arabic mineralogy will hopefully redraw attention to this somewhat neglected but no less important field of research; and together with the recent study of al-Tīfāshī’s stone-book by Armin Schopen and Karl W. Strauß, it might even pave the way for other scholars to arrive at a deeper understanding of the multifaceted world which medieval mineralogy evokes. The book reviewed here is, in any case, a stunningly flawless achievement."
Oliver Kahl in Journal of Semitic Studies, vol 61, no 2, October 2016.
Oliver Kahl in Journal of Semitic Studies, vol 61, no 2, October 2016.
Fabian Käs (Dr. phil. im Fach Semitistik, München 2008) ist derzeit Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität zu Köln. Zu seinen Veröffentlichungen zählen „Die Mineralien in der arabischen Pharmakognosie“ (Wiesbaden 2010) und „Die Risāla fī l-Ḫawāṣṣ des Ibn al-Ǧazzār“ (Wiesbaden 2012).
Fabian Käs (Ph.D. in Semitic Studies, Munich 2008) is currently Research Fellow at the University of Cologne. His publications include "Die Mineralien in der arabischen Pharmakognosie" (Wiesbaden 2010) and "Die Risāla fī l-Ḫawāṣṣ des Ibn al-Ǧazzār" (Wiesbaden 2012).
Fabian Käs (Ph.D. in Semitic Studies, Munich 2008) is currently Research Fellow at the University of Cologne. His publications include "Die Mineralien in der arabischen Pharmakognosie" (Wiesbaden 2010) and "Die Risāla fī l-Ḫawāṣṣ des Ibn al-Ǧazzār" (Wiesbaden 2012).