About the Latin translation of Avicenna

1. Who translated Avicenna?
2. What do you know about Avicenna?
3. What is Ibn Sina best known for?
4. In what languages were some of Ibn Sina books translated?

Who translated Avicenna?

Al-Urjūza fi al-Tibb which is the summary of Avicenna medicine in poetry form (including 1326 couplets) was translated by Gerard de Cremona in Latin and published for six times in the Europe during 15^th to 17^th centuries (3).

What do you know about Avicenna?

Abu Ali Al-Hussein Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, was one of the most eminent Muslim physicians and philosophers of his days whose influence on Islamic and European medicine persisted for centuries. He was named by his students and followers as “Al Shaikh Al Ra'ees” or the master wise man.

What is Ibn Sina best known for?

Among the great sages of Islamic medicine, Ibn Sina is the best known in the West. Considered as the successor to Galen, his great medical treatise, the Canon was the standard textbook on medicine in the Arab world and Europe in the 17^th century. He was a philosopher, physician, psychiatrist and poet.

In what languages were some of Ibn Sina books translated?

Avicenna created an extensive corpus of works during what is commonly known as the Islamic Golden Age, in which the translations of Byzantine Greco-Roman, Persian and Indian texts were studied extensively.