Life is short, art long : the art of healing in Byzantium : new perspectives / Brigitte Pitarakis and Gülru Tanman, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pitarakis, Brigitte, editor .

Tanman, Gülru, editor.

Suna ve İnan Kıraç Vakfı.

Pera Müzesi, host institution.

İstanbul Araştırmaları Enstitüsü.

Series:

İstanbul Araştırmaları Enstitüsü kitapları ; 38.

İstanbul Araştırmaları Enstitüsü kitapları. Sempozyum dizisi ; 2.

Istanbul Research Institute Publications ; 38

Symposium series ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Byzantine Empire--History--Congresses.

Medicine.

Medicine--History--Congresses.

History.

Byzantine Empire--History--Congresses.

Byzantine Empire.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

265 pages : color illustrations, color maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Art of healing in Byzantium

Place of Publication:

Istanbul : Istanbul Research Institute, 2018.

Summary:

"Providing new approaches to Byzantine views on health and medicine, this 13-chapter volume builds interdisciplinary bridges between a variety of subjects, ranging from religious beliefs and supernatural forces to oral health and dietary habits. Other topics include perceptions of the eternal afterlife, health centers in Constantinople and Anatolia, medical literature, access to exotic materials used in pharmaceuticals, traditions related to the god Asklepios, and hospital architecture designed to promote healing. The themes covered are based on the proceedings of the symposium held 14 March 2015, Medicine Day in Turkey, as part of the exhibition Life is Short, Art Long: the Art of Healing in Byzantium at the Pera Museum. All chapters are in English."-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Perceptions and Concerns Surrounding Health. Healing and Salvation in Byzantium / Derek Krueger

Curing the Body and Soul in Eleventh-Century Constantinople / Frederick Lauritzen

The Incarnated Logos, Divine Music and Exorcism / Brigitte Pitarakis

From Demonic Noise to Paradisial Melody: Healing in Byzantium / Christos Merantzas. Healing Shrines: Pagan Origins and Hagiography. Asklepios: Mythical God of Medicine Born Out of Reality / Şehrazat Karagöz

Healing Springs of Anatolia: St. Michael and the Problem of the Pagan Legacy / Philipp Niewöhner

The Kosmidion of Constantinople / Halûk Çetinkaya

Sick and Cured: St. Eugenios of Trebizond and His Miraculous Healings / Anna Lampadaridi. Medical Practices, Health, and Disease: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Enrichment of the Medical Vocabulary in the Greek-Speaking Medieval Communities of Southern Italy: The Lexica of Plant Names / Petros Bouras-Vallianatos

Substitutes in John Archiatros's Therapeutics / Barbara Zipser

From the Indian Ocean to the Markets of Constantinople: Ambergris in the Byzantine World / Koray Durak

Dental Health and Diet in Byzantine Anatolia / F. Arzu Demirel

Healing by Design: Bayezid II's Hospital in Edirne / Nina Ergin.

Notes:

"This volume brings together presentations from the symposium 'Life is short, art long : the art of healing in Byzantium - new perspectives', held at the Pera Museum on March 14, 2015, and a few additional contributions."--Page 2.

Published in conjunction with a exhibition at the Pera Museum, Istanbul, in 2015.

"Suna and İnan Kiraç Foundation."--Page preceding title page.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786054642762

6054642766

OCLC:

1035557822