Abstract

The Arabic translation of the De Gen. Anim., made at the beginning of the ninth century by Yahyā ibn al-Bitrīq from a Syriac version, contains seven long omissions, noted by Drossaart Lulofs in his edition. Six of these represent approximately 110 letters or a multiple thereof in the Greek: 728b33–729a2, 761a9–25, 762a6–8, 762b34–763a2, 768a18–20 and 781a7–12. The seventh omission is too long to be useful, as the scope for accidental errors is too great.