Middle East
كتاب الأغذية
Kitab Al-Agdiya. [Book of Nuitrition].
Author:
Ibn Halsun, Imam Abu Abdallah Sidi Muhammad.
الإمام أبو عبدالله سيدي محمد إبن خلصون
Institut Francais De Damas
IBN HALSUN, NUTRITION, FOOD, MEDIEVAL ARABIC SCIENCE, HEALTH, PROTECTION
138 pp of French text + 3 pp summary in French, English & Arabic + 102 pp of Arabic text, biblio. Text edited and translated into French by Suzanne Gigandet. publisher's original wrappers; Copy clean and in very good condition. PIFD 158
Ibn Khalsun's (XIIIth century) treatise is one of the many works that bear witness to an important preoccupation of Arab medicine. His medical prescriptions, constitute the substance of his treatise. The work provides valuable historical information for it reviews the various foods known and used at that time in Muslim Spain and which constitute a vital aspect of man's life.
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