A Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine: The Sources, Compilation, and Transmission of the Hippiatrica

by Anne McCabe

How were Greek texts on the care and medical treatment of the horse transmitted from antiquity to the present day? Using the evidence of Byzantine manuscripts of the veterinary compilation known as the Hippiatrica, Anne McCabe traces the journey of the texts from the stables to the medieval
scriptorium and ultimately to the printed edition. Surviving manuscripts include both magnificent presentation copies and plain ones intended for use in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199277559
• ISBN13: 9780199277551
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"