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Tags: Hippiatrica, Late Antique and Middle ages texts, Academic writings, Veterinary medicine through ages, Horse-veterinarian bond.
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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 field. A Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine: The Sources, Compilation, and Transmission of the Hippiatrica is a rich and little-known source of information about horses, medicine, and magic. 359 p. Series: Oxford Studies in Byzantium
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