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Yahya ibn Batrik: (translator)
Pseudo-Aristotelian physiognomy (about 800)
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Taken from: Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook By Georgia Lynette Irby-Massie
He was a translator under the Kalif al-Mamun, c. 800
The color of the whole body
The color black indicates cowardice, long-lived anxiety, and gloominess; of this kind are southerners like Ethiopians, the Zanj, the Egyptians, and those close to them.