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When the tenth-century Kāmil as-sinā‘a (or al-Kitāb al-malakī ) of ‘Alī ibn al-‘Abbās al-Mağūsī was adapted for a Latin-reading audience by Constantine the African in the late eleventh century, the medieval West had, for the first time, the opportunity to use a text which covered the whole of medicine. But the 100-odd extant manuscripts suggest that Contantine's Pantegni was put together over a considerable period of time, and chapters from other Latin and newly-translated Arabic medical works were added to or substituted those of the Kāmil . This book is the first to be devoted to Constantine the African: it sheds light on the School of Salerno and the formation of a medical corpus in the High Middle Ages.

Medicine, Arab --- Manuscripts, Medical --- Medicine, Arabic --- Constantine, --- Ali ibn al-Abbas al-Majusi, --- Arab medicine --- Medicine, Unani --- Tibb (Medicine) --- Unani medicine --- Unani-Tibb (Medicine) --- Medicine, Medieval --- ʻ-alī ibn al-ʻAbbās al-Majūsī, --- Medicine, Arab. --- Constantine, - the African, - ca. 1020-1087. - Pantegni --- Ali ibn al-Abbas al-Majusi, - fl. 940-980