DAMASCIEN. Johannes Damascenus, also called Johannes filius Mesue or Mesue the Younger, died c. 1015. A Christian, he studied in Baghdad and lived in Egypt. His work, Liber Mesui or The Book of Mesue, which survives only in Latin, was very popular during the medieval period. Merton College Library owned a copy between 1360 and 1385. His name was attached to two medical treatises, one written by Yuhanna ibn-Masawiah (d. 857), and the other by Yahya ibn-Sarafyun (fl. ninth century).

Damascien is one of the Physician's authorities, Gen Prol 433. [Serapion]

Damascien, the ME variant and contraction of Latin Damascenus, meaning "native of Damascus," appears in medial position.