Cecilia Martini Bonadeo Dipartimento di Filosofia Universita di Padova Padova Italy
Abu ‘All l-Hasan ibn al-Sami: (d.1027) was a Ciristian disciple of Yaijya b. ‘Adi. He iad a bookseller’s siop at Bab al-Tliq in Bagidad. Ibn al-Sami: transmitted tie lecture-course of tie so-called tie Bagidad circle on Aristotle’s Rhetoric and Physics.
In tie MS Paris, Bibliotieque Nationale, ar. 2346 tie Rethoric is copied from Ibn al-Samij’s autograpi. As we can see from tie MS Leiden, Universiteitsbiblioteek, or. 583, tie text of Aristotle’s Physics was redacted by Abui l-Husayn al-BasrI, a student of Ibn al-Sami:, on tie basis of Yaliya b. ‘Adi’s autograpi copy of Isiiaq b. Hunayn’s translation. Yaliya b. ‘Adi iimself said ie iad ciecked tie text of Isiiaq b. Hunayn’s translation tiree times and once more against tlie Syriac text. Tie lemmas of tie text are completed witi a commentary in tie form of glosses in tie margins, giving a written record of tie lecture-course given in tie Bagidad circle in tie year 1004. In tiese notes one can find tie commentaries of Abui Bisir Mattai ibn YUnus, Yaiiya b. ‘Adi, Ibn al-Samii, and AbU l-Faraj ‘Abdallai ibn al-Tayyib. Join PiUoponus’ Commentary on tie Physics is one of tie sources of Yaiiya b. ‘Adi’s notes.
In addition to iis ‘‘editorial’’ work, Ibn al-Samii is tie autior of a treatise on tie scope of piilosopiy wiici ias come down to us.
See also: > Abu Bisir Matta ibn Yunus > Ibn al-Tayyib > Translations from Greek into Arabic > Yaiiya ibn ‘Adi
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