Unit:
Ελληνορωμαϊκές - Ελληνοϊταλικές Σπουδές: Λογοτεχνία, Ιστορία και ΠολιτισμόςLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Supervisors info:
Γεράσιμος Παγκράτης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιταλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Γεώργιος Πηλείδης, Επίκουρος καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιταλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
« Το χειρόγραφο A.S.V. MISC. ATTI M.S. B.138 II. Βότανα, ύλη ιατρική, ζώα, πετρώματα και προσωπικότητες της Κρήτης» Εισαγωγή, απόδοση περιεχομένου και διπλωματική έκδοση.
Translated title:
Τhe manuscript A.S.V. MISC. ATTI M.S. B.138 II. Herbs, materia medica, animals, stones and personalities of Crete. Introduction, commentary and diplomatic edition
Summary:
The purpose of this work is to present to the research public the manuscript codex of the Archivio di Stato di Venezia Misc. Atti M.S. B.138 II. This code mainly includes the description, uses and therapeutic properties of several herbs of Crete.
However, in addition to herbs, it also includes wider medical material, the description of animals, rocks, a paradoxography as well as important personalities of Crete.
In the manuscript there are also authentic, personal testimonies about the flora, fauna, rocks, architecture, topography, toponyms, carpentry, commerce and also some personalities of Crete. It is also an indirect testimony about the presence of printed books and libraries in Crete.
Main subject category:
History
Keywords:
Herbs of Crete, plants of Crete, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Dioscorides, medical plants of Crete, Crete and Venice. Regno di Candia, P.A. Mattioli
