A Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine: The Sources, Compilation, and Transmission of the Hippiatrica

Anne McCabe0199277559, 9780199277551

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 color illustrations of a number of manuscript pages.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 8
List of Plates……Page 10
Abbreviations……Page 12
Introduction……Page 14
Manuscripts of the Hippiatrica……Page 31
Editions and Translations of the Text……Page 62
Studies of the Hippiatrica……Page 68
The Form of the Hippiatrica……Page 72
The Sources of the Hippiatrica……Page 79
Anatolius……Page 84
Eumelus……Page 111
Apsyrtus……Page 135
Pelagonius……Page 169
Theomnestus……Page 194
Hierocles……Page 221
Hippocrates……Page 258
The Compilation and Evolution of the Hippiatrica……Page 272
Conclusions……Page 310
Bibliography……Page 316
Index of Greek and Latin words……Page 336
A……Page 338
C……Page 339
D……Page 341
G……Page 342
J……Page 343
M……Page 344
P……Page 346
S……Page 347
V……Page 348
Z……Page 349
Index of passages cited……Page 350