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Samuel ben Jacob of Capua (Samuel ben Jacob de Capoue)

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שמואל בן יעקב מקפואה

Region: Capoue (Campanie), Italie

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Jewish Italian translator active in Capua in the late 13th century. He translated from Arabic into Hebrew a pharmacological treatise by Mesue the Elder (« Iṣlaḥ al-Adwiyah al-Mushilah ») under the title « Meha-'Eẓah weha-Teba'im weha-Tena'im », on the selection and correction of purgative medications. The Jewish Encyclopedia notes that his translation survives only in manuscript.

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SAMUEL BEN JACOB DE CAPOUE

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Traducteur italien ; il vivait probablement à Capua à la fin du treizième siècle, si la supposition de Steinschneider que Samuel était le père du médecin Solomon de Capua (MS. Turin No. 42) est exacte. Samuel traduisit, sous le titre général "Meha-'Eẓah weha-Teba'im weha-Tena'im," l'ouvrage "Shel Refu'ot ha-Meshalshelot ha-Peshuṭot weha-Murkabot" ("De Medicamentorum Purgantium Delectu et Castigatione" ou "De Consolatione," etc.). L'ouvrage original, écrit en arabe par Mesue l'Ancien sous le titre "Iṣlaḥ al-Adwiyah al-Mushilah" (selon "Fihrist," p. 226), ou "Fi Tartib Saḳyi al-Adwiyah al-Mushilah" (selon Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah), est divisé, tant dans la traduction latine que dans l'hébreu, en deux parties : (1) Canones Generales (![](https://storage.googleapis.com/jewishencyclopedia/chars/V11p019001.jpg)) ; (2) Simplicia (![](https://storage.googleapis.com/jewishencyclopedia/chars/V11p019002.jpg)). La traduction de Samuel subsiste encore en manuscrit.

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Meha-'Eẓah weha-Teba'im weha-Tena'im (traduction hébraïque du traité de Mésué l'Ancien sur les purgatifs)

מהעצה והטבעים והתנאים
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