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An Introduction to the Arcadian Library: Sharing the History of Scientific and Cultural Transfer between East and West

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...The Arcadian Library, from its very inception, has always been more than a private collection. Its acquisition policy has always been secondary to its ethical mission—to facilitate peaceful dialogue between East and West. In a tense age...

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An overview of British provenance of works in the Ottoman collection of the Arcadian Library

Giles Mandelbrote

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...Much of the Arcadian Library has been assembled through the acquisition of the libraries of earlier collectors. Without the earlier curation work of individuals such as Şefik E. Atabey, Richard Heber and Peter Hopkirk, the Arcadian Library...

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Avicenna’s Qānūn fī at-Tibb and Other Works: A Survey of Avicenna Printings in the Arcadian Library

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... Both compendia exerted a profound influence on Medieval and Renaissance thought and science, and became required reading at European universities until well into the eighteenth century. The Arcadian Library owns more rare copies...

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Albucasis’s Kitāb al-Tasrif: The European Legacy of a Pioneering Arabic Treatise on Surgery

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...One of the rarest and most valuable pieces in the Arcadian Library’s History of Science and Medicine collection is an early fourteenth-century manuscript of the Liber de Cirurgia—the Latin translation...

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Early Printed Translations of Arabic Medical Works: An introduction

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...From the eighth to the thirteenth centuries, scientists from across the Islamic world made great advances in the study of medicine, compiling the knowledge of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Persians and Indians and building upon it themselves,...

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‘Turcica’: An Introduction to European writings on the Ottoman Empire

Alistair Hamilton

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...European writings on the Ottoman Empire fall into two main categories. On the one hand the Turk was seen as the enemy and was feared accordingly, and on the other the Ottoman world inspired immense curiosity. The Arcadian Library is home...

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Introduction: European-Ottoman relations

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...The Ottoman Empire is one of the longest enduring empires in history. During its golden era in fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, most of the Arab world, together with a sizeable part of Eastern Europe, had been incorporated into its...

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Ibn Baklarish’s Book of Simples: Medical Remedies between Three Faiths in Twelfth-Century Spain

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...The Arcadian Library acquired the manuscript of the Kitāb al-Musta‘īnī in 2003. The codex was reportedly purchased in Paris in the 1960s by a Middle Eastern historian of medicine and arrived in the UK by family descent. Its...

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Avicenna’s European Legacy: A Review of the Avicennian Commentaries in the Arcadian Library

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... century, and beyond even that in the Islamic world. Numerous printed commentaries on his work appeared in Europe from the late fifteenth century onwards, although manuscript commentaries survive from long before. The Arcadian Library owns...

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A Brief Introduction to the Scientific and Medical Holdings of the Arcadian Library

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... published between 1500 and 1800 nearly all emphasized the benefits of consulting scientists who wrote in Arabic. The Arcadian Library houses one of the world’s most important collections of texts relating to the contribution that Arab and Persian scholars and physicians made to the development of science and medicine....

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32 matches An Introduction to the Arcadian Library: Sharing the History of Scientific and Cultural Transfer between East and West The Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library Search for publications Commentary 32

An Introduction to the Arcadian Library: Sharing the History of Scientific and Cultural Transfer between East and West

48 matches An overview of British provenance of works in the Ottoman collection of the Arcadian Library Giles Mandelbrote Giles Mandelbrote Search for publications Commentary 48

An overview of British provenance of works in the Ottoman collection of the Arcadian Library

33 matches Avicenna’s Qānūn fī at-Tibb and Other Works: A Survey of Avicenna Printings in the Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library Search for publications Commentary 33

Avicenna’s Qānūn fī at-Tibb and Other Works: A Survey of Avicenna Printings in the Arcadian Library

22 matches Albucasis’s Kitāb al-Tasrif: The European Legacy of a Pioneering Arabic Treatise on Surgery The Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library Search for publications Commentary 22

Albucasis’s Kitāb al-Tasrif: The European Legacy of a Pioneering Arabic Treatise on Surgery

39 matches Early Printed Translations of Arabic Medical Works: An introduction The Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library Search for publications Commentary 39

Early Printed Translations of Arabic Medical Works: An introduction

20 matches ‘Turcica’: An Introduction to European writings on the Ottoman Empire Alistair Hamilton Alistair Hamilton Search for publications Commentary 20

‘Turcica’: An Introduction to European writings on the Ottoman Empire

15 matches Introduction: European-Ottoman relations Alistair Hamilton Alistair Hamilton Search for publications Commentary 15

Introduction: European-Ottoman relations

11 matches Ibn Baklarish’s Book of Simples: Medical Remedies between Three Faiths in Twelfth-Century Spain The Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library Search for publications Commentary 11

Ibn Baklarish’s Book of Simples: Medical Remedies between Three Faiths in Twelfth-Century Spain

17 matches Avicenna’s European Legacy: A Review of the Avicennian Commentaries in the Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library Search for publications Commentary 17

Avicenna’s European Legacy: A Review of the Avicennian Commentaries in the Arcadian Library

18 matches A Brief Introduction to the Scientific and Medical Holdings of the Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library The Arcadian Library Search for publications Commentary 18

A Brief Introduction to the Scientific and Medical Holdings of the Arcadian Library