The "Medical Library" of Photios

Authors

  • Marie Hélène Marganne Literary Papyrology Documentation Center (CEDOPAL), University of Liège, Belgium

Keywords:

Photius , Library , Medical books , Byzantine medicine

Abstract

This paper provides the results of a survey about the 10 medical books described by Photius (9th century) in his Bibliotheca and tries to answer the following questions: where did Photios find these medical books, why did he choose them and how did he analyse them?    

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Published

2010-09-01

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