Chandelier, Joël (Author)
Micrologus: Nature, Sciences and Medieval Societies
Volume: 27
Pages: 167-190
Inclusion into medieval university curricula as the default handbook for medicine fostered the success of Avicenna’s Canon in the West, and this prime spot led to the creation of tools to better grasp this long and complex book. Among these tools, several anthologies written by Latin scholars, which I analyse here for the first time, deserve special attention. Twenty one manuscripts and two printed editions giving such anthologies have been identified, spanning the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. They containt a dozen different anthologies. Two stand out, as they appear several times and seem to have been spread more widely. Henri of Langestein (who died in Vienna in 1397) may be the author of one of them. The prologues help better understand what drove the compilers of such works. There were many different sources of motivation: some authors were looking to write actual short medical handbooks based on Avicenna, while others had a fundamentally practical objective and compiled experimenta; others were looking for a personal benefit, like a reminder. These motivations illustrate the various receptions of Avicenna’s medicine in the West. The article is followed by a detailed list of manuscripts and editions of Latin florilegia of Avicenna’s Canon produced in medieval times.
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