Census of Greek Medical Manuscripts - From Byzantium to the Renaissance

List of contents

Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Greek medicine. A census of Byzantine and Renaissance manuscripts; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Alain Touwaide, PhD, is the Scientific Director of the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions.

Summary

Manuscripts containing Greek medical texts were inventoried at the beginning of the 20th century by a group of philologists directed by Hermann Diels. However, Diels’ catalogue omitted authors and works, and misidentified manuscripts and, furthermore, since the publication of the catalogue, some libraries have adopted a new system of classificat

Product details

• Authors: Alain Touwaide
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367878931
• ISBN: 978-0-367-87893-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Medicine in the Medieval Mediterranean
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, MEDICAL / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Medicine, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Archaeology, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE