Hippocratic commentaries in the Greek, Latin, Syriac and Arabic traditions : : selected papers from the XVth Colloque hippocratique, Manchester / / edited by Peter E. Pormann.

• Superior document: Studies in ancient medicine ; Volume 56
• TeilnehmendeR: Pormann, Peter E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in ancient medicine ; Volume 56.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This collection of article presents cutting-edge scholarship in Hippocratic studies in English from an international range of experts. It pays special attention to the commentary tradition, notably in Syriac and Arabic, and its relevance to the constitution and interpretation of works in the Hippocratic Corpus. It presents new evidence from hitherto unpublished sources, including Greek papyri and Syriac and Arabic manuscripts. It encompasses not only the classical period (and notably Galen), but also tackles evidence from the medieval and Renaissance periods. Contributors are: Elizabeth Craik, David Leith, Tommaso Raiola, Jacques Jouanna, Caroline Magdelaine, Jean-Michel Mouton, Peter N. Singer, R. J. Hankinson, Ralph M. Rosen, Daniela Manetti, Mathias Witt, Amneris Roselli, Véronique Boudon-Millot, Sabrina Grimaudo, Giulia Ecca, Kamran I. Karimullah, María Teresa Santamaría Hernández, and Jesús Ángel y Espinós.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Peter E. Pormann Reflections on Hippocratic commentary / Elizabeth Craik Asclepiades of Bithynia as Hippocratic commentator / David Leith Sabinus 'the Hippocratic' : his exegetical method in the Commentaries on Hippocrates / Tommaso Raiola Galen as commentator of commentaries : the case of the Hippocratic Epidemics 1 and 3 / Jacques Jouanna New fragments of a commentary on the oath attributed to Galen / Caroline Magdelaine and Jean-Michel Mouton Behind and beyond the commentary : Galen on Hippocrates on the elements / Peter N. Singer Galen the Hippocratic : textual analysis and the practice of commentary / R.J. Hankinson Galen's Hippocratic 'commentary' on The capacities of the soul depend on the mixtures of the body / Ralph M. Rosen Commenting beyond the commentary : Galen's exegetical strategies in Difficulties in breathing / Daniela Manetti Types of cranial injuries in the Hippocratic Wounds in the head in light of the ancient commentary tradition / Mathias Witt Galen's surgical commentaries on Hippocrates / Amneris Roselli Galen and Pseudo-Galen in conversation : Epidemics 2.3.2 and Aphorisms 4.5 / Véronique Boudon-Millot Ancient medicine in the Galenic corpus : the Story of a concealment / Sabrina Grimaudo A new anonymous prologue to the commentary on the Hippocratic aphorisms in the Harleianus 6295 / Giulia Ecca On the authorship of the Syriac Prognostic / Kamran I. Karimullah The Latin commentary by Pedro Jaime Esteve on the second book of the Hippocratic Epidemics (Valencia, 1551) / María Teresa Santamaría Hernández The first complete Renaissance commentary on the Hippocratic Epidemics / Jesús Ángel y Espinós.