Manuscripts containing Greek medical texts were inventoried by authors and works at the beginning of the 20th century by a group of philologists under the direction of Hermann Diels. Based on manuscripts, this book provides a broad historical inquiries, from codicology to the history of medicine and science, and more.
Manuscripts containing Greek medical texts were inventoried by authors and works at the beginning of the 20th century by a group of philologists under...
This book is the first study to consider the extraordinary manuscript now known as the "Carrara Herbal" (British Library, Egerton 2020) within the complex network of medical, artistic and intellectual traditions from which it emerged. The manuscript contains an illustrated, vernacular copy of the thirteenth-century pharmacopeia by Ibn Sar b, an Arabic-speaking Christian physician working in al-Andalus known in the West as Serapion the Younger. By 1290, Serapion s treatise was available in Latin translation and circulated widely in medical schools across the Italian peninsula....
This book is the first study to consider the extraordinary manuscript now known as the "Carrara Herbal" (British Library, Egerton 2020) within the ...
