The Syriac Text of Book Nine of On Simple Drugs. New Evidence from the Syriac Galen Palimpsest

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The Syriac Text of Book Nine of On Simple Drugs. New Evidence from the Syriac Galen Palimpsest. / Afif, Naima; Bhayro, Siam; Pormann, Peter E. ; Sellers, William I.; Smelova, Natalia.

In: Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, Vol. 70, No. 184-185, 2020, p. 130-149.

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Harvard

Afif, N, Bhayro, S, Pormann, PE, Sellers, WI & Smelova, N 2020, 'The Syriac Text of Book Nine of On Simple Drugs. New Evidence from the Syriac Galen Palimpsest', Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, vol. 70, no. 184-185, pp. 130-149. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.ARIHS.5.122784

APA

Afif, N., Bhayro, S., Pormann, P. E., Sellers, W. I., & Smelova, N. (2020). The Syriac Text of Book Nine of On Simple Drugs. New Evidence from the Syriac Galen Palimpsest. Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, 70(184-185), 130-149. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.ARIHS.5.122784

Vancouver

Afif N, Bhayro S, Pormann PE, Sellers WI, Smelova N. The Syriac Text of Book Nine of On Simple Drugs. New Evidence from the Syriac Galen Palimpsest. Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences. 2020;70(184-185):130-149. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.ARIHS.5.122784

Author

Afif, Naima ; Bhayro, Siam ; Pormann, Peter E. ; Sellers, William I. ; Smelova, Natalia. / The Syriac Text of Book Nine of On Simple Drugs. New Evidence from the Syriac Galen Palimpsest. In: Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences. 2020 ; Vol. 70, No. 184-185. pp. 130-149.

Bibtex

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