SC - Four seasons of the House of Cerruti / Tacuin sanitatis [books]

[Thomas Gloning]

This is about some books and manuscripts.

<< IIRC, The Four Seasons of the House of Cerruti is a decent modern
translation of a 14th Century translation and commentary of an 11th
Century work by Ibn Butlan >>

The Four seasons of the House of Cerruti (Hausbuch der Cerruti) is a
manuscript now asserved in the "Oesterreichische Nationalbibiothek" in
Vienna under the shelfmark Cod. ser. nov. 2644. It is from the end of
the 14th century. Other manuscripts of this type are asserved in Rome
(Bibliotheca Casanatense), in Paris (National Library of France), in
Vienna again (Cod. vind. 2396; some pages reproduced in Zotter) and in
other libraries.

These are not really translations of Ibn-Butlan's text. Rather, they are
picture manuscripts with a very much abbreviated text. The original text
of Ibn-Butlan has no pictures, but is in the form of _tables_. Of
course, the abbreviated picture manuscripts are valuable for their
illustrations in other respects.

If you want to have the original Ibn-Butlan text, you might want to look
at the critical edition prepared by Hossam Elkhadem [with a translation
into French]: 

- -- Elkhadem, H. (éd.): Le Taqwim al-Sihha (Tacuini Sanitatis) d'Ibn
Butlan: un traité médical du XIe siècle. Histoire du Texte, Édition
Critique, Traduction, Commentaire. Louvain (Peeters) 1990.    

Elkhadem also wrote a short article about the textual history of the
tacuin sanitatis:

- -- Elkhadem, H.: Le Taqwim al-Sihha (Tacuini Sanitatis): Un Traité de
Diététique et d'Hygiène du XIe Siècle. In: Jansen-Sieben, R./ Saelemans,
F. (réd.): Voeding en Geneeskunde/ Alimentation et Médecine. Bruxelles
1993, 75-93.    

There are several Latin manuscripts, but there is no critical edition of
the Latin version up to now. In the meantime you can use a printed
edition from 1531:

- -- Tacuini Sanitatis Elluchasem Elimithar Medici de Baldath, De sex
Rebus non naturalibus, earum naturis, operationibus, & rectificationibus
(...). Straßburg (Joh. Schott) 1531.    

Based on this edition, there is a German translation prepared by Michael
Herr in 1533 (reprinted as a facsimile several times):

- -- Herr, M.: Schachtafelen der Gesuntheyt (...) Durch bewarung der Sechs
neben Natürlichen ding (...) durch erkantnussz/ cur/ vnd hynlegung Aller
Krankheyten (...) Aller lxxxiiij. Tafelen sonderlich Regelbuch (...).
Straßburg 1533. Nachdruck Leipzig 1985.    

Some useful commentary material can be found in:

- -- Tacuinum Sanitatis. Das Buch der Gesundheit. Hg. von L.C. Arano.
Einführung von H. Schipperges und W. Schmitt. München 1976. [There is
also an English version of this book.]   

- -- Zotter, H. (Hg.): Das Buch vom gesunden Leben. Die
Gesundheitstabellen des Ibn Butlan in der illustrierten deutschen
Übertragung des Michael Herr (Straßburg 1533). Mit Einleitung,
Faksimile, neuhochdeutscher Übersetzung und Abb. aus dem Cod. vind.
2396. Graz 1988.    

Best,
Thomas


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