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A Byzantine encyclopaedia of horse medicine : the sources, compilation, and transmission of the Hippiatrica
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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 h...
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.
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- Creator
- Anne McCabe
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007
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- 1 online resource (360 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0191535109, 9786611164751, 0199277559, 9780199277551, 1383042209, 1281164755
- OCLC
- ocn420935940, on1406786714, ocm70707946
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-322) and index.
- English
- 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