Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
Rhazes: Liber Elhavi sive Ars medicinae. Translated by Feragius Salernitanus. Edited by Joannes Bugatus.
Brescia: Jacobus Britannicus, 1486.
The Al-Hawi, or Continens, a great encyclopedia of medicine. The above first Latin translation by Feragius Salernitanus is the largest and heaviest of the medical incunabula. The original manuscript was in Arabic. ISTC No. ir00178000. Digital facsimile from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at this link.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #40 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/8762 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | liber-elhavi-seu-totum-continentis-bubikir-zacharie-errasis-filii-traducti-ex-arabice-in-latinum-per-mag-ferragium |
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Publication place: Brescia