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"The outstanding work that Fabian Käs has done so far on the difficult and intriguing subject of Arabic mineralogy will hopefully redraw attention to this somewhat neglected but no less important field of research; and together with the recent study of al-Tīfāshī’s stone-book by Armin Schopen and Karl W. Strauß, it might even pave the way for other scholars to arrive at a deeper understanding of the multifaceted world which medieval mineralogy evokes. The book reviewed here is, in any case, a stunningly flawless achievement." Oliver Kahl in Journal of Semitic Studies, vol 61, no 2, October 2016.
"The outstanding work that Fabian Käs has done so far on the difficult and intriguing subject of Arabic mineralogy will hopefully redraw attention to this somewhat neglected but no less important field of research; and together with the recent study of al-Tīfāshī’s stone-book by Armin Schopen and Karl W. Strauß, it might even pave the way for other scholars to arrive at a deeper understanding of the multifaceted world which medieval mineralogy evokes. The book reviewed here is, in any case, a stunningly flawless achievement." Oliver Kahl in Journal of Semitic Studies, vol 61, no 2, October 2016.
Fabian Käs (Dr. phil. im Fach Semitistik, München 2008) ist derzeit Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität zu Köln. Zu seinen Veröffentlichungen zählen „Die Mineralien in der arabischen Pharmakognosie“ (Wiesbaden 2010) und „Die Risāla fī l-Ḫawāṣṣ des Ibn al-Ǧazzār“ (Wiesbaden 2012). Fabian Käs (Ph.D. in Semitic Studies, Munich 2008) is currently Research Fellow at the University of Cologne. His publications include "Die Mineralien in der arabischen Pharmakognosie" (Wiesbaden 2010) and "Die Risāla fī l-Ḫawāṣṣ des Ibn al-Ǧazzār" (Wiesbaden 2012).