ビデンティン帝国の馬医術百科事典『ヒッピアトリカ』：その原典、編纂、伝承 A Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine : The Sources, Compilation, and Transmission of the Hippiatrica (Oxford Studies in Byzantium)

McCabe, Anne

Oxford University Press（2007/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 368 p.／サイズ 16 colour plates
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199277551
• DDC分類 949.502

基本説明

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.

Full Description

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.

Contents

Introduction ; Manuscripts of the Hippiatrica ; Editions and translations ; Studies on the text ; The form of the Hippiatrica ; The sources of the Hippiatrica ; The compilation and evolution of the text ; Conclusions