The library at Mashhad / Mašhad / Meshed in Iran
In 2011 I reported on the discovery of Arabic translations of important works by Galen, at the library at Meshed (or Mashhad) in north-eastern Iran. My last post
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The library at Meshed / Mashhad in Iran — unknown classical texts!
Let me direct you all to the comments on my earlier post about the discovery of some lost portions of Galen’s On my own books here. The material is in Arabic translation, and found in a manuscript in Iran, at the library of Meshed. I’d never heard of it! A commenter has dug into the question […]
Everything you ever wanted to know about Menelaus of Alexandria but were afraid to ask
I’ve just come across an ancient author who is completely unfamiliar to me. His name was Menelaus, and he was a mathematical writer, and one of his books even survives today, his Spherics, although only just. Let’s see what ancient sources say about him. In the Almagest (or Syntaxis) VII.3, Ptolemy tells us that he […]
Galen, “On my own books” — the translation of Hunain ibn Ishaq
The second century medical writer Galen left behind such a vast array of works that it has been estimated that around 20% of the surviving volume of ancient Greek was written by him! I’m not sure where this estimate comes from, but it is a remarkable amount. Ancient medical texts are a specialised interest. Our […]
A newly discovered text by Galen
David Wilmshurst has drawn my attention to a find. It seems that a French scholar discovered a lost work by Galen in a monastery in Thessalonika, not long ago! Apparently there was a Times Literary Supplement article which mentioned it, and I found this word document — apparently abstracts from a 2007 Classical Association of […]