TRATADO SOBRE EL PELO. EDICIÓN Y TRADUCCIÓN DE UN TEXTO ANÓNIMO INCLUIDO EN EL MANUSCRITO MISCELÁNEO Nº 888 DE LA REAL BIBLIOTECA DEL MONASTERIO DE SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL.

Arabic edition and the Spanish translation of an anonymous short scientific treatise, Dissertation on the hair, included in the miscellaneous manuscript nº 888 of the Royal Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, providing reasons for hair growth and significance in the body, differences between hair of men, women and children, and characteristics and qualities of people with curly, straight, blond or dark hair and capillary diseases. The whole manuscript consists of fourteen parts written by the same copyist in 170 folios under the general title of The book of medical and philosophical curiosities and utilities, covering several subjects from both branches of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]