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Constantine the African
Sign in to saveAlso known as Constantinus Africanus, Constantine Africanus, Constantine of Carthage, St Constantine, St Constantine the African, St Constantine of Carthage, St Constantine Africanus, Constantine the Carthaginian
11th-century monk and translator of medical works
Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 1020
- Died
- 1087
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Della melancolia
- Liber de oculis
- Opera, conquisita undique magno studio
- Constantini Africani post Hippocratem et Galenvm, qvorum, Græcę linguæ doctus, sedulus suit lector, medicorū nulli prorsus, multis doctissimis testibus, posthabendi opera, cōquisita undiq[ue] magno studio, iam primum typis euulgata, præter paucula quędam quæ impressa fuerūt, sed & ipsa à nobis ad uetustissimorum exemplarium manuscriptorum ueritatem tanta cura castigata, ut huius autoris antehac nihil æditum censeri possit, librorum ægrotis & medicis utilissimorum maxime[que] necessariorum catalogum hæc pagina uersa & prima epistola demonstrabunt
- Summi in omni philosophia uiri Constantini Africani medici Operum reliqua, hactenus desiderata, nuncq[ue] primum impressa ex uenerandae antiquitatis exemplari, quod nunc demum est inuentum
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 1
- Cited by
- 1
Research areas
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- Superoxide Dismutases
· 1977 · cited 5,635x
- Tisagenlecleucel in Adult Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
· 2019 · cited 3,711x
- A highly sensitive adenylate cyclase assay
· 1974 · cited 3,160x
- Multiple imputation by chained equations: what is it and how does it work?
· 2011 · cited 3,111x
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Works in European collections
21 objects attributed to Constantine the African, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Parabilium Medicamentorum Scriptores Antiqui : Sexti Placiti Papyriensis De Medicamentis Ex Animalibus Liber Lucii Apuleii De Medicaminibus Herbarum Liber
![Svmmi In Omni Philosophia Viri Constantini Africani Medici operum reliqua, hactenus desiderata, nuncq[ue] primum impressa ex uenerandæ antiquitatis exemplari, quod nunc demum est inuentum ... : In quibus omnes communes loci, qui propriè Theorices sunt, ... explicantur & tractantur, ...](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10140124_00017%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Svmmi In Omni Philosophia Viri Constantini Africani Medici operum reliqua, hactenus desiderata, nuncq[ue] primum impressa ex uenerandæ antiquitatis exemplari, quod nunc demum est inuentum ... : In quibus omnes communes loci, qui propriè Theorices sunt, ... explicantur & tractantur, ...
Pantechni X. libri teorices, Fragment - Cod. Karlsruhe 1382
Opera conquisita undique magno studio ... ad vetustissimorum exemplarium manuscriptorum veritatem tanta cura castigata, ut hujus autoris antehac nihil aditum censeri possit ... (etc.)
![Svmmi In Omni Philosophia Viri Constantini Africani Medici operum reliqua, hactenus desiderata, nuncq[ue] primum impressa ex uenerandæ antiquitatis exemplari, quod nunc demum est inuentum ... : In quibus omnes communes loci, qui propriè Theorices sunt, ... explicantur & tractantur, ...](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10149543_00017%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Svmmi In Omni Philosophia Viri Constantini Africani Medici operum reliqua, hactenus desiderata, nuncq[ue] primum impressa ex uenerandæ antiquitatis exemplari, quod nunc demum est inuentum ... : In quibus omnes communes loci, qui propriè Theorices sunt, ... explicantur & tractantur, ...
Constantini Africani libri X pantechni (sive theoreticae; est liber regalis Ali Abbas) - BSB Clm 256
Svmmi in omni philosophia viri Constantini Africani Medici operum reliqua, hactenus desiderata, nuncque primum impressa ex uenerandae antiquitatis exemplari, quod nunc demum est inuentum (etc.)
![Svmmi In Omni Philosophia Viri Constantini Africani Medici operum reliqua, hactenus desiderata, nuncq[ue] primum impressa ex uenerandæ antiquitatis exemplari, quod nunc demum est inuentum ... : In quibus omnes communes loci, qui propriè Theorices sunt, ... explicantur & tractantur, ...](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10147938_00001%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Svmmi In Omni Philosophia Viri Constantini Africani Medici operum reliqua, hactenus desiderata, nuncq[ue] primum impressa ex uenerandæ antiquitatis exemplari, quod nunc demum est inuentum ... : In quibus omnes communes loci, qui propriè Theorices sunt, ... explicantur & tractantur, ...
Medizinische Sammelhandschrift - BSB Clm 8742
Pantegni liber VII, 8-10 - BSB Clm 29692(2
![Constantini Africani Post Hippocratem Et GAlenvm, Qvorum, Graec[a]e linguae doctus, ... Opera : co[n]quisita undiq[ue] magno studio, iam primum typis euulgata, praeter paucula qu[a]edam quae impressa fueru[n]t, sed & ipsa a nobis ad vetustissimorum exemplarium manuscriptorum veritatem tanta cura castigata, ut huius autoris antehac nihil aeditum censeri possit ...](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10147937_00001%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Constantini Africani Post Hippocratem Et GAlenvm, Qvorum, Graec[a]e linguae doctus, ... Opera : co[n]quisita undiq[ue] magno studio, iam primum typis euulgata, praeter paucula qu[a]edam quae impressa fueru[n]t, sed & ipsa a nobis ad vetustissimorum exemplarium manuscriptorum veritatem tanta cura castigata, ut huius autoris antehac nihil aeditum censeri possit ...
Pantegni liber VII, 3-6 - BSB Clm 29692(1
Constantini Africani Viaticus, cum glosulis Geraldi codex in Italia bene scriptus - BSB Clm 183
Computistica - BSB Clm 4622
![Constantini Africani Post Hippocratem Et GAlenvm, Qvorum, Graec[a]e linguae doctus, ... Opera : co[n]quisita undiq[ue] magno studio, iam primum typis euulgata, praeter paucula qu[a]edam quae impressa fueru[n]t, sed & ipsa a nobis ad vetustissimorum exemplarium manuscriptorum veritatem tanta cura castigata, ut huius autoris antehac nihil aeditum censeri possit ...](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb11069388_00003%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Constantini Africani Post Hippocratem Et GAlenvm, Qvorum, Graec[a]e linguae doctus, ... Opera : co[n]quisita undiq[ue] magno studio, iam primum typis euulgata, praeter paucula qu[a]edam quae impressa fueru[n]t, sed & ipsa a nobis ad vetustissimorum exemplarium manuscriptorum veritatem tanta cura castigata, ut huius autoris antehac nihil aeditum censeri possit ...
![Constantini Africani Post Hippocratem Et GAlenvm, Qvorum, Graec[a]e linguae doctus, ... Opera : co[n]quisita undiq[ue] magno studio, iam primum typis euulgata, praeter paucula qu[a]edam quae impressa fueru[n]t, sed & ipsa a nobis ad vetustissimorum exemplarium manuscriptorum veritatem tanta cura castigata, ut huius autoris antehac nihil aeditum censeri possit ...](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10140123_00016%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Constantini Africani Post Hippocratem Et GAlenvm, Qvorum, Graec[a]e linguae doctus, ... Opera : co[n]quisita undiq[ue] magno studio, iam primum typis euulgata, praeter paucula qu[a]edam quae impressa fueru[n]t, sed & ipsa a nobis ad vetustissimorum exemplarium manuscriptorum veritatem tanta cura castigata, ut huius autoris antehac nihil aeditum censeri possit ...
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Encyclopedic overview
Constantine examines patients' urine.
Constantine the African, O.S.B. (Latin: Constantinus Africanus; died before 1098/1099, Monte Cassino) was a physician who lived in the 11th century. The first part of his life was spent in Ifriqiya and the rest in Italy. He first arrived in Italy in the coastal town of Salerno, home of the Schola Medica Salernitana, where his work attracted attention from the local Lombard and Norman rulers. Constantine then became a Benedictine monk, living the last decades of his life at the abbey of Monte Cassino.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Constantine the African” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.