Theriaka y Alexipharmaka de Nicandro - Theriaka y Alexipharmaka de Nicandro

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Title
Theriaka y Alexipharmaka de Nicandro
Date Created
900 - 999
Publisher
Barcelona: Moleiro, 1997
Place of Origin
Byzantium
Description
The physician, poet, and grammarian Nicander of Colophon lived in the 2nd century BCE, working at the court of king Attalus III of Pergamum. The poem Theriaka concerns the bites of poisonous insects, snakes and wild animals; Alexipharmaka, concerns other poisons of plant and mineral origin and contains information on precautions and antidotes. Theriaka is divided into three sections: descriptions of poisonous animals, symptoms of their bites and stings, and remedies for poisoning. Alexipharmaka, also in three parts, deals with poisonous solutions, symptoms, and remedies. This is the only extant illustrated example of Nicander’s work. Forty of the forty-eight folios in the codex feature miniatures illustrating the text.
Contents
Information on poisonous animals, anti-venoms, and other drugs
Illustration
40 miniatures
Details
V. 1, facsimile; V. 2, commentary (in Spanish): Nicander and his Works; Codicological Study; The Illustrations to Supplément Grec 247; The Poems of Nicander and the Parisinus in the Medical Sciences of Byzantium; Translation of the Theriaka and Alexipharmaka; Editorial and Philological Notes.
Century
10th century
Type of Resource
text
Script
Gothic
Language
Latin
Contributing Repository
Digital Collection
Medieval Manuscript Facsimiles Inventory
Physical Location
LSU Libraries
Hill Memorial Library: Special Collections
Shelf Location
Rare PA4250 .N2 T5 1997 v. 1, Rare PA4250 .N2 T5 1997 v. 2 OVER
Contact Information
Please submit an LSU Special Collections reference ticket at https://askus.lib.lsu.edu/special for any questions or comments about this digital object.
Rights
Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. In accordance with U. S. copyright laws, this work is in the public domain.
Object File Name
mm00009
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