Didactic poems on medicine and their commentaries in medieval al-Andalus and Western Islam
- Autores: Miquel Forcada
- Localización: Suhayl: journal for the history or the exact and natural sciences in Islamic Civilisation, ISSN 1576-9372, Nº. 18 (International Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation), 2020-2021, págs. 165-204
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Little is known about the didactic poetry on the sciences produced in al-Andalus and the Maghrib until the 15th century. The genre flourished from the 12th century onwards, possibly due to the influence of the famous Urjūza fī l-ṭibb by Ibn Sīnā. The Urjūza was commented upon by Ibn Rushd and Ibn Ṭumlūs and reached a wide readership thanks to the scholars of al-Andalus; they also wrote other poems on medicine and the sciences for a learned public, and possibly also for future physicians. The article pieces together and analyses a large body of evidence from the primary and secondary bibliography in order to give a general description of the genre and its influence in the transmission and teaching of medicine in the Almohad, Nasrid, Marinid and Ḥafsid societies.
