Colliget

<i>Colliget</i>

Colliget

Medical encyclopedia by Averroes


The Kulliyat (full name: al-Kulliyat fi al-Tibb, "The General Principles of Medicine"), mostly known by its Latin translation as Colliget, is a medical encyclopedia written by the Andalusian polymath Averroes.[1] The title of the book is opposite to al-Juz'iyyat fi al-Tibb ("The Specificities of Medicine"), written by his friend Ibn Zuhr, and the two collaborated with the intention of making each book complement the other.[2] Written between 1153 and 1169, the Colliget was eventually translated into Hebrew and Latin and it became a widely used textbook used in Europe up until the 18th century.[3]

Page from Averroes' Colliget

References

  1. "ملخص لأعمال ابن زهر وابن رشد الطبية".
    • Arnaldez, Roger (2000) [1998]. Averroes: A Rationalist in Islam. Translated by David Streight. University of Notre Dame Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 0268020086.
  2. Tbakhi, Abdelghani; Amr, Samir S. "Ibn Rushd (Averroës): Prince of Science". National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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