Galen. On Problematical Movements

Edited with introduction and commentary by Vivian Nutton. — With an edition of the Arabic version by Gerrit Bos. — Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. — X, 404 p. — (Cambridge classical texts and commentaries, 47). — ISBN 978-0-521-11549-0.Contents: Acknowledgments. Introduction: The treatise: Authenticity. Date. Galen’s anatomical reasoning. The textual traditions: Greek. The Oriental tradition [G.B.]. Niccolò da Reggio. Mark of Toledo. The manuscripts: A preliminary classification. The α family. The β family. Author’s or redactor’s variants? Editions. Styles of translation: Niccolò da Reggio. Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq [G.B.]. Mark of Toledo. Mark’s version and medieval medicine: De motibus and the ‘New Galen’. Reading De motibus at a medieval university. De motibus and medieval anatomy. Texts, English translation, and commentary: general principles of this edition. [bText and translation[/b]: Sigla. De motibus dubiis/ On problematical movements. Ḥunayn’s Arabic version/De motibus liquidis. Commentary. References: Abbreviations. Bibliography: Editions and translations of Galen. Secondary literature. Index: General Index. Index Fontium.