A Cretan healer's handbook in the Byzantine tradition : text, translation, and commentary /
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 lie...
| Основен автор: | Clark, Patricia Ann. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Greek |
| Публикувано: |
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
℗♭2011.
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| Серия: |
Medicine in the medieval Mediterranean.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=398405 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781409435716 1409435717 |