A Byzantine encyclopaedia of horse medicine : the sources, compilation, and transmission of the Hippiatrica / Anne McCabe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCabe, Anne Elena, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in Byzantium.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in Byzantium

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hippocrates.

Horses--Diseases--Early works to 1800.

Horses.

Veterinary medicine--Early works to 1800.

Veterinary medicine.

Veterinary medicine--Byzantine Empire--Early works to 1800.

Medicine, Greek and Roman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using the evidence of Byzantine manuscripts of the veterinary compilation known as the 'Hippiatrica', this book traces the journey of the texts. 'The Hippiatrica' is a source of information about horses, medicine, and magic. This is a guide to its history, and includes colour illustrations of a number of manuscript pages.

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; Abbreviations; Introduction; Manuscripts of the Hippiatrica; Editions and Translations of the Text; Studies of the Hippiatrica; The Form of the Hippiatrica; The Sources of the Hippiatrica; Anatolius; Eumelus; Apsyrtus; Pelagonius; Theomnestus; Hierocles; Hippocrates; The Compilation and Evolution of the Hippiatrica; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-322) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04220-9

1-281-16475-5

9786611164751

0-19-153510-9

OCLC:

420935940