Isaac Israeli (Isaac Judaeus)
Physician at Qayrawan to the first Fatimid caliph; author of the Book of Urine (Kitab al-Bawl) contested
- Dates
- died between c. 932 and c. 950 (sources differ) (source: Utrecht University Special Collections: De urinis by Isaac Israeli )
- Chapters
- IV. The Flask
Contested
For about four hundred years after Constantine the African's Latin translation, the Book of Urine circulated without proper credit to Isaac (one source).
Sources
- Utrecht University Special Collections: De urinis by Isaac Israeli Museum or society
What the film says
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Author of a celebrated Book of Urine who warned against fools prophesying from urine without seeing the patient.
On the timeline
- Early 10th century: Isaac Israeli, physician at Qayrawan to the first Fatimid caliph, writes the Book of Urine (Kitab al-Bawl). timeline
- Late 11th century (1070-1078, or c. 1087): Constantine the African translates Isaac Israeli's Book of Urine into Latin. timeline
- 1280 and 1392: German (1280) and Catalan (1392) versions of Isaac Israeli's Book of Urine are made. timeline
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia: Isaac Israeli ben Solomon Secondary
- Posen Library: Isaac Israeli, Book of Urine Secondary
- Utrecht University Special Collections: De urinis by Isaac Israeli Museum or society