Patricia Ann Clark

A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition

Text, Translation and Commentary

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 treated in a substantial appendix.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780754661016
• ISBN-10: 0754661016
• Artikelnr.: 45540187

Autorenporträt

Patricia Ann Clark is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria, Canada

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword
Iatrosophia
Historical background: Crete and iatrosophia
Crete's Amari: social and geographical context
Theodorakis: the man and his work
Text, translation and notes
Preface to the appendix
Appendix: materia medica
Bibliography
Preface to the indices
Indices
General index.