Exploring Greek manuscripts in the Library at Wellcome Collection in London / / edited by Petros Bouras-Vallianatos.
"This book offers new insights into a largely understudied group of Greek texts preserved in selected manuscripts from the Library at Wellcome Collection, London. The content of these manuscripts ranges from medicine, including theories on diagnosis and treatment of disease, to astronomy, philo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York, NY : : Routledge,, 2020. ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 190 pages) :; illustrations |
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| Summary: | "This book offers new insights into a largely understudied group of Greek texts preserved in selected manuscripts from the Library at Wellcome Collection, London. The content of these manuscripts ranges from medicine, including theories on diagnosis and treatment of disease, to astronomy, philosophy, and poetry. With texts dating from the ancient era to the Byzantine and Ottoman worlds, each manuscript provides its own unique story, opening a window onto different social and cultural milieus. All chapters are illustrated with black and white and colour figures, highlighting some of the most significant codices in the collection"-- |
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| ISBN: | 0429892519 0429470037 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Petros Bouras-Vallianatos. |