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A Byzantine encyclopaedia of horse medicine : the sources, compilation, and transmission of the Hippiatrica /
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 h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in Byzantium.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 347 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-322) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191535109 9780199277551 0199277559 9780191535109 1281164755 9781281164759 9786611164751 6611164758 |