Kitāb al-Ṭīb by al-Khāzin: Critical Edition and Complementary Notes

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دکتری تاریخ علم در تمدن اسلامی / پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات فرهنگی

2 دانشگاه تهران، پژوهشکدۀ تاریخ علم

چکیده

Kitāb al-Ṭīb (The Book of Aromatics) composed by al-Khāzin (living in 421 A.H./1030 A.D.), is an Arabic treatise written in the fourth/tenth century containing a prologue and five chapters dealing with Simple Aromatic Substances (musk, amber, aloeswood, camphor) and including 23 recipes for making compound aromatics (al-Nadd, alʿŪd al-Muṭarrā, al-Lakhlakha, al-Ghālīya, al-Dharīra, al-Rāmik, al-Sukk and, Duhn Al-Bān). This article tries to prepare a critical edition of Kitāb al-Ṭīb based on the extant copies and considering the parallel texts. In addition to the edited text, the article contains the translation of the prologue to the treatise and a discussion about the title and author of it, while trying to shed light on the toponyms and ethnonyms used for the appellation of simple aromatics of different types.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Kitāb al-Ṭīb by al-Khāzin Critical Edition and Complementary Notes

نویسندگان [English]

  • Mohsen Qosi 1
  • Younes Karamati 2
1 PhD in history of sciences in the Islamic era / Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
2 استادیار
چکیده [English]

Kitāb al-Ṭīb (The Book of Aromatics) composed by al-Khāzin (living in 421/1030), is an Arabic treatise written in the fourth/tenth century containing a prologue and five chapters dealing with Simple Aromatic Substances (musk, amber, aloeswood, camphor) and including 23 recipes for making compound aromatics (al-Nadd, alʿŪd al-Muṭarrā, al-Lakhlakha, al-Ghālīya, al-Dharīra, al-Rāmik, al-Sukk and, Duhn Al-Bān). This article tries to prepare a critical edition of Kitāb al-Ṭīb based on the extant copies and considering the parallel texts. In addition to the edited text, the article contains the translation of the prologue to the treatise and a discussion about the title and author of it, while trying to shed light on the toponyms and ethnonyms used for the appellation of simple aromatics different types.
Kitāb al-Ṭīb (The Book of Aromatics) composed by al-Khāzin (living in 421/1030), is an Arabic treatise written in the fourth/tenth century containing a prologue and five chapters dealing with Simple Aromatic Substances (musk, amber, aloeswood, camphor) and including 23 recipes for making compound aromatics (al-Nadd, alʿŪd al-Muṭarrā, al-Lakhlakha, al-Ghālīya, al-Dharīra, al-Rāmik, al-Sukk and, Duhn Al-Bān). This article tries to prepare a critical edition of Kitāb al-Ṭīb based on the extant copies and considering the parallel texts. In addition to the edited text, the article contains the translation of the prologue to the treatise and a discussion about the title and author of it, while trying to shed light on the toponyms and ethnonyms used for the appellation of simple aromatics different types.
Kitāb al-Ṭīb (The Book of Aromatics) composed by al-Khāzin (living in 421/1030), is an Arabic treatise written in the fourth/tenth century containing a prologue and five chapters dealing with Simple Aromatic Substances (musk, amber, aloeswood, camphor) and including 23 recipes for making compound aromatics (al-Nadd, alʿŪd al-Muṭarrā, al-Lakhlakha, al-Ghālīya, al-Dharīra, al-Rāmik, al-Sukk and, Duhn Al-Bān). This article tries to prepare a critical edition of Kitāb al-Ṭīb based on the extant copies and considering the parallel texts. In addition to the edited text, the article contains the translation of the prologue to the treatise and a discussion about the title and author of it, while trying to shed light on the toponyms and ethnonyms used for the appellation of simple aromatics different types.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • محمد بن ابراهیم الخازن
  • کتاب الطیب
  • عطرشناسی دورۀ اسلامی
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