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1050–1087 · 11th-century monk and translator of medical works

Also known as: Konstantin der Afrikaner, Constantin Africanus, Constantine Africanus, Constantine of Carthage, Constantine the Carthaginian, Constantinus Africanus

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Known works

Constantini Liber de coitu
Summi in omni philosophia uiri Constantini Africani medici Operum reliqua, hactenus desiderata, nuncq[ue] primum impressa ex uenerandae antiquitatis exemplari, quod nunc demum est inuentum
Constantini Africani post Hippocratem et Galenvm, qvorum, Græcę linguæ doctus, sedulus suit lector, medicorū nulli prorsus, multis doctissimis testibus, posthabendi opera, cōquisita undiq[ue] magno studio, iam primum typis euulgata, præter paucula quędam quæ impressa fuerūt, sed & ipsa à nobis ad uetustissimorum exemplarium manuscriptorum ueritatem tanta cura castigata, ut huius autoris antehac nihil æditum censeri possit, librorum ægrotis & medicis utilissimorum maxime[que] necessariorum catalogum hæc pagina uersa & prima epistola demonstrabunt
Il libro di anatomia di Costantino l'Africano
Liber de oculis