Arabic in the Sciences
The Book of Seventy
كتاب السبعين
Of the books attributed to Jabir ibn Hayyan, the Book of Seventy was partly translated into Latin in the 12th century. The famous Latin books of 'Geber', however, were most likely written by a European around 1300 who put Jabir's name on them – an Arabic name was enough to get a book read in Europe.
- Author
- Attributed to Jabir ibn Hayyan (the Jabirian corpus) (attributed to Jabir ibn Hayyan, 8th century)
- Field
- Alchemy and minerals
- Arabic title
- كتابُ السبعين
- Latin title
- Liber de septuaginta (Johannis), translated by 'Magister Renaldus Cremonensis' (partial)
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Sources
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography: Jabir ibn Hayyan (encyclopedia.com)
- Encyclopedia.com: Jabir (biography, on Kraus, Berthelot and the Latin Geber)
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'Kimia' (alchemy)
- William R. Newman, The Summa perfectionis of Pseudo-Geber (Leiden: Brill, 1991)
- Ahmad Y. al-Hassan, «The Arabic Original of the Summa and Geber Latin Works», Medievalists.net
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