PseudoGalenica The Formation of the Galenic Corpus from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Edited by Caroline Petit & Edited by Simon Swain & Edited by Klaus Dietrich Fischer
Brand: Warburg Institute
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The works of Galen of Pergamum c. 129216 CE were fundamental in the shaping of medicine philosophy and neighboring areas of knowledge from antiquity through to the middle ages and early modern times across a variety of languages and cultures. Yet as early as Galens own lifetime spurious treatises crept into the body of his authentic works despite his best efforts to provide the public with a catalogue of his own production De libris propriis. For centuries readers and scholars have used a fluid body of Galenic works shaped by changing intellectual frameworks and socialcultural contexts. Several inauthentic works have enjoyed remarkable popularity but this has had consequences in modern scholarship. The current reference edition of Galenic works Khn 18211833 fails to distinguish clearly between authentic and inauthentic texts and many works lack any critical study which makes navigating the corpus unusually difficult. This new volume arising from a conference held in 2015 at the Warburg Institute at the University of London and funded by the Wellcome Trust will provide muchneeded clarification about the boundaries of the Galenic corpus identifying and analyzing the works that do not genuinely belong to Galens production. show more
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Author : Edited By Caroline Petit Edited By Simon Swain Edited By Klaus Dietrich Fischer
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Publisher : Warburg Institute
Language : English
EAN : 9781908590572
ISBN10 : 1908590572
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : NA
Place of Publication : London United Kingdom
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Dimensions : 171 X 241 X 12.7mm