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Exploring Greek manuscripts in the Library at Wellcome Collection in London /

"This book offers new insights into a largely understudied group of Greek texts preserved in selected manuscripts from the Library at Wellcome Collection, London. The content of these manuscripts ranges from medicine, including theories on diagnosis and treatment of disease, to astronomy, philo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Bouras-Vallianatos, Petros (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Subjects:
Wellcome Library.
Wellcome Library
Manuscripts, Greek > England > London.
Paleography, Greek.
Paleography.
Manuscripts as Topic
Paleography
Greek World
Manuscrits grecs > Angleterre > Londres.
Paléographie grecque.
Paléographie.
paleography.
HISTORY / General
Manuscripts, Greek
Paleography, Greek
England > London
Greek manuscript
Wellcome Collection
Byzantine
Ottoman
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:"This book offers new insights into a largely understudied group of Greek texts preserved in selected manuscripts from the Library at Wellcome Collection, London. The content of these manuscripts ranges from medicine, including theories on diagnosis and treatment of disease, to astronomy, philosophy, and poetry. With texts dating from the ancient era to the Byzantine and Ottoman worlds, each manuscript provides its own unique story, opening a window onto different social and cultural milieus. All chapters are illustrated with black and white and colour figures, highlighting some of the most significant codices in the collection"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 190 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:0429470037
1138601594
9781138601598
9780429470035
9780429892516
0429892519