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Professor Baffioni is a member of the , the , the Accademia Ambrosiana, and the . Her work at the Institute will focus on the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity publication series for which she contributed a volume in 2010 entitled, On Logic: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 10-14. She is currently working on the new edition and English translation of Epistles 15-21, entitled Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: On the Sciences of Nature which is due to be published by the 鸟大大影院 in late 2013.

In addition to the Epistles series, Professor Baffioni will also continue her research into the complementary treatise, the Risalat al-闯补尘颈鈥榓 (鈥淭he Comprehensive Treatise鈥�). Two versions of this work (whose companion is the Risala 闯补尘颈鈥榓t al-闯补尘颈鈥榓, 鈥淭he Condensation of the Comprehensive Treatise鈥�, ed. by A. Tamir) are available. One, edited by M. Ghalib, is attributed to the second 鈥渧eiled鈥� (mastur) imam, Ahmad (Ahmad b, Muhammad b Isma鈥檌l b. Ja鈥檉ar al-Sadiq). The other, edited by G. Saliba, is attributed to the Spanish scientist and scholar Maslama al-Majriti. Although some scholars hypothesise that the Ikhwanian encyclopaedia (or, at least, a primitive nucleus of it) was compiled at a very early date, these two treatises are sometimes reported to belong to a later period.

鈥淭he first purpose of my research is an evaluation of the 鈥� sometimes relevant 鈥� discrepancies that can be found comparing the two versions of the 闯补尘颈鈥榓 as Ghalib and Saliba do not always account for such discrepancies in their editions鈥�, says Professor Baffioni.

The epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safa鈥� have been Professor Baffioni鈥檚 main field of research since 1987. She has addressed in particular the Ikhwan鈥檚 elaboration of the Greek heritage, and various aspects related to Islam, such as their interpretation of Qu鈥檙anic verses, their critical attitude towards several Muslim persuasions and their relations with Christianity and mysticism, their idea of the 鈥渧ision of God鈥�, of resurrection, and of religious practice, and their angelology (as it is mainly elaborated in Epistle 20 鈥極n the Quiddity of Nature鈥�).

Professor Baffioni has also enquired into the possible relations of the Ikhwan with IsmailisAdherents of a branch of Shi’i Islam that considers Ismail, the eldest son of the Shi’i Imam Ja士far al-峁⒛乨iq (d. 765), as his successor., with special regard to their ontological and political doctrines. On this subject she said:

鈥淚n their ontology, the Ikhwan appear to share some basic concepts with Ismailis, in particular, ibda鈥�. As to politics, many texts in their encyclopaedia seem to prove their Ismaili commitment.鈥�

Professor Baffioni has also compared the Ikhwan鈥檚 doctrines with the mineralogy and botanics of Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani: al-Kirmani takes many technical details from the Ikhwan, even though he departs from the encyclopaedia in the spiritual development of scientific theories. Professor Baffioni has also ascertained that al-Kirmani has some points in common with 补濒-贵补谤补产颈鈥檚 representation of God in his work al-Madina al-fadila. Finally, she has discovered a literal Persian translation of Epistle 41 鈥極n Definitions and Descriptions鈥� in the 闯补尘颈鈥榓t al-hikmatayn听产测 Nasir-i Khusraw聽(what anticipates by at least one century the spreading of the 搁补蝉补鈥檌濒 in Ismaili milieux).

Professor Baffioni has made significant contributions to modern scholarship on medieval Islamic philosophy and science. Educated at the University of Rome 鈥淟a Sapienza鈥�, and a student of Francesco Gabrieli and Alessandro Bausani, she became full professor of History of Islamic Philosophy at the Universit脿 degli Studi di Napoli 鈥淟鈥橭rientale鈥� in 1987. Her publications cover a range of topics such as the Ikhwan al al-Safa鈥�, the history of Muslim philosophy and Islamic science.

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