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The wonderful art of the eye : a critical edition of the Middle English translation of his De probatissima arte oculorum / Benvenutus Grassus ; edited by L.M. Eldredge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grapheus, Benvenutus.
- Series:
- Medieval texts and studies ; 19.
- Medieval texts and studies ; no. 19
- Standardized Title:
- De probatissima arte oculorum. English (Middle English)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eye--Diseases--Early works to 1800.
- Eye.
- Medicine, Medieval--Sources.
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Grapheus, Benvenutus. De probatissima arte oculorum--English (Middle English).
- Grapheus, Benvenutus.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 120 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A thirteenth-century treatise on the theory and practice of ophthalmology, this unique work provides a window on what passed for medical knowledge of the eye during the late Middle Ages. Although little is known of the author, Benevenutus Grassus, he seems to have roamed Italy in the early thirteenth century as a medical practitioner specializing in diseases of the eye.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Biography; Nature of the Treatise; Treatments; Manuscripts; Translation; Dialect; A Note on the Text; Suggestions for Further Reading; The Wonderful Art of the Eye; Explanatory Notes; Glossary
- Notes:
- "A Colleagues book"--T.p. verso.
- "Manuscripts": p. 20-36.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-48) and glossary/index.
- ISBN:
- 0-87013-910-X
- OCLC:
- 774285376
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