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Herbalscollectionsdescribingplantsusedformedicinalpurposeswereamongtheancientandmedievalworldsmostvaluedscientictextssynthe-sizingavasttreasuryofmedicallearningtofacilitatescienticedicationforscholarbibliophilesorpracticalconsultationbyphysicians.Abu-Jafaral-Gha-q-d.ca.1165celivedintheArab-IslamiczoneofthesouthernIber-ianpeninsulacalledal-Andalusalandofmanyculturesreligionsandlanguages.HisHerbalreectsthediversemilieuinwhichhelived.Themanuscriptreproducedinthiseditionwaspurchasedin1912bySirWilliamOslerandisnowhousedintheOslerLibraryoftheHistoryofMedicineatMcGillUniversity.Ithasentriesforherbalmineralandanimal-deriveddrugsillustratedbyalmost400colouredhand-drawnimagesofplantsandanimals.Aglossaryofover2000secondaryentriesprovidessynonymsinGreekSanskritSyriacPersianBerberOldSpanishLatinCopticandArmenianreectingtheinternationalcharacterofmedicineandpharmacyatthetime.Essaysbyeminentscholarsdiscussthephysicalfeaturesandhistoryofthemanuscriptthephilologicalcomplexityofthetextal-Gha-q-ssourcestheAndalusianandlargerglobalcontextsoftheHerbalandtheillustrationsaccompanyingthetext.Aremarkabledocu-mentTheHerbalofal-Gha-q-willbeacherishedadditiontothelibraryofanyoneinterestedinthehistoryofpharmacologicalscienceorinthehistoryoftheIslamicworld.F.JamilRagepisCanadaResearchChairintheHistoryofScienceinIslamicSocietiesanddirectoroftheInstituteofIslamicStudiesatMcGillUniversity.FaithWallisisassociateprofessorintheDepartmentsofHistoryandClassicalStudiesandSocialStudiesofMedicineatMcGillUniversity.TheHosmerCollectionisoneofthemostsignicantcollectionsofsecularpre-modernstainedglassinNorthAmericaandthelargestinCanada.Incontrasttothebetter-knownstainedglassworksmadeforchurchestheseexquisitesixteenth-andseventeenth-centurysmallpanelswereintendedtogracethewindowsofprivateresidencesandothernon-religiousspaces.Therstbook-lengthtreatmentofpre-modernstainedglassinCanadathisvolumeprovidesnewinformationonthediversesubjectmatterrangingfromallegoriestoheraldicdisplaysprovenancetheLowCountriesandSwitzerlandstyleanddating.Eachworkreceivesadetailedtreatmentac-cordingtothecriteriaoftheCorpusVitrearumtheinternationalorganiza-tionwhichsetthescrupulousstandardsformodernstainedglassresearchandisaccompaniedbyphotographs.ThevolumesintroductionsituatesthecollectionbothwithinthehistoryofthemediumandwithinthecontextofthearchitecturalhistoryandartisticenvironmentofMontreal.Alsostructuredasanon-siteguidetothecollectionTheStainedGlassoftheHosmerCollectionMcGillUniversitybreaksnewgroundoncollectingpracticesarchitecturaldesignandtheinstallationofpre-modernstainedglassinnewbuildings.JamesBugslagisassociateprofessorofarthistoryattheUniversityofManitobaandsecretaryoftheCanadianCommitteeoftheCorpusVitrearum.ArianeIsler-deJonghnowretiredwasadjunctassistantprofessorofarthistoryattheUniversityofVictoriaandwasinstrumentalinestablishingtheCanadianCommitteeoftheCorpusVitrearum.40MQUPFALL2014SPECIFICATIONSPublishedfortheOslerLibraryNovember2014978-0-7735-4475-8150.00SCDN150.00SUS98.00cloth8.5x11736ppfullcolourthroughoutSPECIFICATIONSDecember2014978-0-7735-4397-3150.00SCDN150.00SUS98.00cloth9.5x12.5256pp119bwand46colourphotosTheHerbalofal-Gha-q-AFacsimileEditionwithCriticalEssayseditedbyf.jamilragepandfaithwalliswithpamelamillerandadamgacekAlavishlyillustratedmedievalArabicherbalwithaccompanyingessaysexploringitsscientichistoricalandartisticcontexts.ARTHISTORYMEDIEVALSTUDIESISLAMICSTUDIESHISTORYOFMEDICINETheStainedGlassoftheHosmerCollectionMcGillUniversityCorpusVitrearumCanadaVolume1jamesbugslagandarianeisler-dejonghAdetailedlookatoneofthemostimpressivecollectionsofpre-modernstainedglassroundelsinNorthAmerica.