The Latin Alexander Trallianus : The Text and Transmission of a Late Latin Medical Book Paperback / softback
by D. R. Langslow
Part of the JRS Monograph series
Paperback / softback
Description
The present work offers an extensive introduction to the text and transmission of the ancient Latin version of the medical works "Therapeutica" and "On Fevers" of the great sixth-century Greek doctor Alexander of Tralles.
The importance of the Latin Alexander in medieval medicine in the West is seen in the richness of both mainstream and secondary, excerpting manuscript-traditions.
The tradition is such that the reconstructed Latin text promises to be a much more important witness to the Greek text than the Greek is to the Latin, and of course a reliable edition is a prerequisite for any systematic work on questions such as the provenance of the translation and the Latinity of the translator(s).
The volume comprises an introduction to Alexander; an outline account of his works in Greek compared with the Latin version; a description of the Latin manuscript copies, and a proposed reconstruction of the genetic relations between them; some preliminary remarks on the Latinity of the Latin Alexander; and a sample edition, with translation, critical apparatus, and extensive notes, of the chapters on coughing at the start of Book 2.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 12 pls.
- Publisher:Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
- Publication Date:01/12/2006
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- ISBN:9780907764328
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, 12 pls.
- Publisher:Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
- Publication Date:01/12/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780907764328
