A Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine : The Sources, Compilation, and Transmission of the Hippiatrica
by
Anne McCabe
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Studies in Byzantium
ISBN-10
0199277559
ISBN-13
9780199277551
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 26th, 2007
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
744 grams
Dimensions
24.00 x 15.00 x 3.00 cms
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The veterinary compilation known as the Hippiatrica is a rich and little-known source of information about the care and medical treatment of horses, donkeys, and mules in late antiquity and the Byzantine period. This book provides a guide both to its intriguing contents, and to its complex textual history.
How were Greek texts on the care and medical treatment of the horse transmitted from antiquity to the present day? Using the evidence of Byzantine manuscripts of the veterinary compilation known as the Hippiatrica, Anne McCabe traces the journey of the texts from the stables to the medieval scriptorium and ultimately to the printed edition. Surviving manuscripts include both magnificent presentation copies and plain ones intended for use in the field. The Hippiatrica is a rich and little-known source of information about horses, medicine, and magic. This book provides a guide to its complex history as well as a host of fascinating details, and includes colour illustrations of a number of manuscript pages.
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