Book of Kings

Japanese: 《王の書》 - おうのしょ
Book of Kings

…Born in Ahvaz, he was active in the city of Dayram in Gilan. Following in the footsteps of Razi, he wrote the Book of Kings, a medical encyclopedia comparable to Razi's Book of Inclusions. The book, which consists of 20 volumes and about 400,000 words, was translated into Latin by Constantine Africanus (c. 1020-c. 87) and was introduced to the Western world as Liber regius.

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Book of Kings" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アフワーズに生まれ,ギーラーンの一都市ダイラムで活躍。ラージーの流れを汲み,彼の《包含の書》に比すべき医学百科として《王の書》を著す。20巻約40万語からなる同書はコンスタンティヌス・アフリカヌスConstantinus Africanus(1020ころ‐87ころ)によりラテン語訳され,《Liber regius》として西洋世界に伝わった。…

※「《王の書》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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