A Cretan healer's handbook in the Byzantine tradition: text, translation, and commentary
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1. Verfasser: Clark, Patricia Ann (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey, England Ashgate ©2011
Schriftenreihe:Medicine in the medieval Mediterranean
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Iatrosophia; 2 Historical Background: Crete and Iatrosophia; 3 Crete's Amari: Social and Geographical Context; 4 Theodorakis: The Man and his Work; Preface to the Appendix; Appendix: Materia Medica; Bibliography; Preface to the Indices; General Index
This is an edition and translation of a traditional healer's notebook from Crete. It belongs to the genre of iatrosophia: practical manuals of collected healing wisdom with admixtures of agricultural and household lore and elements of religious, astrological and magical beliefs. At its core lies material from earlier classical and Byzantine medical traditions. This is the first iatrosophion to be translated into English; introductory essays and notes to the translation provide context and the information necessary for appreciating the text and the abundant materia medica of the notebook is tre
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 301 pages)
ISBN:1409435717
9781409435716

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