IslHornAfr

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Identification

Hirmūs b. al-Bayṭār هرموس بن البيطار
Hirmis b. al-Bayṭār هرمس ابن البيطار

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The name seems to be a confusion and conflating of the Spanish botanist Ibn al-Bayṭār (d. 646/1248) with the Greek figure Hermes Trismegistus, who is often invoked as an authority for magical and occult medical remedies.

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