| Byzantine medical manuscripts: towards a new catalogue, with a specimen for an annotated checklist of manuscripts based on an index of Diels' Catalogue. | |
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PMID: 20349553 Owner: HMD Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Greek manuscripts containing medical texts were inventoried at the beginning of the 20th century by a team of philologists under the direction of Hermann Diels. The resulting catalogue, however useful it was when new and still is today, needs to be updated not only because some manuscripts have been destroyed, certain collections and single items have changed location, new shelfmark systems have been sometimes adopted and cataloguing has made substantial progress, but also because in Diels' time the concept of ancient medicine was limited, the method used in compiling data was not standardized and, in a time of manual recording and handling of information, mistakes could not be avoided. The present article is an introduction to a new catalogue of Greek medical manuscripts. In the first part, it surveys the history of the heuristic and cataloguing of Greek medical manuscripts from the 16th century forward; in the second part, it highlights the problems in Diels' catalogue and describes the genesis and methods of the new catalogue, together with the plan for its completion; and in the third part, it provides a sample of such a new catalogue, with a list of the Greek medical manuscripts in the libraries of the United Kingdom and Ireland. |
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Authors:
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Alain Touwaide |
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Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Byzantion; revue internationale des ?tudes byzantines Volume: 79 ISSN: 0378-2506 ISO Abbreviation: Byzantion Publication Date: 2009 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-03-29 Completed Date: 2010-03-31 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100967442 Medline TA: Byzantion Country: Belgium |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 453-595 Citation Subset: Q |
Affiliation:
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National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. touwaida@si.edu |
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Byzantium Cataloging / history*, methods*, standards, utilization Catalogs as Topic* Greek World / history History, 15th Century History, 16th Century History, 20th Century History, Ancient History, Medieval Libraries / history Manuscripts, Medical* / history Rare Books* / history |
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Personal Name Subject:
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Hermann Diels |
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