Liber Continens
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Liber Continens is a monumental medical encyclopedia by the Persian polymath Al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge and clinical observations of his time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liber Continens canonical | 5 |
| Liber nonus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4405926 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liber Continens Context triple: [Al-Razi, notableWork, Liber Continens]
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A.
Chronicon
Chronicon is a medieval historical chronicle that records events in chronological order, often used as a key source for understanding the period it covers.
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B.
Summus Poeninus
Summus Poeninus is the Latin name for the Great St Bernard Pass, a historic Alpine route linking Switzerland and Italy that has served as a key transalpine crossing since antiquity.
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C.
Breviary of Alaric
The Breviary of Alaric is a 6th-century compilation of Roman law for the Visigothic kingdom, serving as a key source for the transmission of late Roman legal tradition in Western Europe.
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D.
Utrinque Paratus
Utrinque Paratus is the Latin motto of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment, meaning “Ready for Anything” or “Ready on Both Sides,” reflecting its airborne readiness and versatility.
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E.
Libertatis Primitiae
Libertatis Primitiae is the Latin motto of the Dutch town of Brielle, commemorating its historic role as an early stronghold of freedom during the Eighty Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liber Continens Target entity description: Liber Continens is a monumental medical encyclopedia by the Persian polymath Al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge and clinical observations of his time.
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A.
Chronicon
Chronicon is a medieval historical chronicle that records events in chronological order, often used as a key source for understanding the period it covers.
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B.
Summus Poeninus
Summus Poeninus is the Latin name for the Great St Bernard Pass, a historic Alpine route linking Switzerland and Italy that has served as a key transalpine crossing since antiquity.
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C.
Breviary of Alaric
The Breviary of Alaric is a 6th-century compilation of Roman law for the Visigothic kingdom, serving as a key source for the transmission of late Roman legal tradition in Western Europe.
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D.
Utrinque Paratus
Utrinque Paratus is the Latin motto of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment, meaning “Ready for Anything” or “Ready on Both Sides,” reflecting its airborne readiness and versatility.
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E.
Libertatis Primitiae
Libertatis Primitiae is the Latin motto of the Dutch town of Brielle, commemorating its historic role as an early stronghold of freedom during the Eighty Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical encyclopedia
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medical work ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| associatedWith | history of medicine ⓘ |
| author |
Al-Razi
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linked to:
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Rhazes ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
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| compiles |
Arabic medical knowledge
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Greek medical knowledge ⓘ Indian medical knowledge ⓘ Persian medical knowledge ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 10th century ⓘ |
| describes |
diagnostic methods
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pharmaceutical substances ⓘ symptoms of diseases ⓘ treatments and remedies ⓘ |
| genre | medical compendium ⓘ |
| hasPart |
sections on fevers
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sections on internal medicine ⓘ sections on pharmacology ⓘ sections on specific diseases ⓘ sections on surgery ⓘ |
| includes |
clinical case histories
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critical evaluations of earlier physicians ⓘ observations on diseases ⓘ pharmaceutical recipes ⓘ therapeutic recommendations ⓘ |
| influenced |
medieval European medicine
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medieval Islamic medicine ⓘ |
| latinTitle |
Continens
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Liber Continens ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
clinical medicine
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medicine ⓘ pathology ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ therapeutics ⓘ |
| methodology |
critical evaluation of sources
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empirical clinical observation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| periodDescribed | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Islamic world
ⓘ
Persia ⓘ |
| significance |
major source for later medical authors
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one of the largest medical encyclopedias of its time ⓘ |
| structure | organized by diseases and topics ⓘ |
| titleInArabic |
al-Ḥāwī fī al-ṭibb
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linked to:
Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb
|
| translatedInto | Latin ⓘ |
| usedBy |
medieval European physicians
ⓘ
physicians in the Islamic world ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Liber Continens Description of subject: Liber Continens is a monumental medical encyclopedia by the Persian polymath Al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge and clinical observations of his time.
Referenced by (6)
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