A Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine: The Sources, Compilation, and Transmission of the Hippiatrica (Oxford Studies in Byzantium)

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. The Hippiatrica is a rich and little-known source of information about horses, medicine, and magic. This book provides a guide to its complex history as well as a host of fascinating details, and includes color illustrations of a number of manuscript pages. Contents......Page 8 List of Plates......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 Manuscripts of the Hippiatrica......Page 31 Editions and Translations of the Text......Page 62 Studies of the Hippiatrica......Page 68 The Form of the Hippiatrica......Page 72 The Sources of the Hippiatrica......Page 79 Anatolius......Page 84 Eumelus......Page 111 Apsyrtus......Page 135 Pelagonius......Page 169 Theomnestus......Page 194 Hierocles......Page 221 Hippocrates......Page 258 The Compilation and Evolution of the Hippiatrica......Page 272 Conclusions......Page 310 Bibliography......Page 316 Index of Greek and Latin words......Page 336 A......Page 338 C......Page 339 D......Page 341 G......Page 342 J......Page 343 M......Page 344 P......Page 346 S......Page 347 V......Page 348 Z......Page 349 Index of passages cited......Page 350 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. The Hippiatrica is a rich and little-known source of information about horses, medicine, and magic. This book provides a guide to its complex history as well as a host of fascinating details, and includes colour illustrations of a number of manuscript pages. Contents 8 List of Plates 10 Abbreviations 12 Introduction 14 Manuscripts of the Hippiatrica 31 Editions and Translations of the Text 62 Studies of the Hippiatrica 68 The Form of the Hippiatrica 72 The Sources of the Hippiatrica 79 Anatolius 84 Eumelus 111 Apsyrtus 135 Pelagonius 169 Theomnestus 194 Hierocles 221 Hippocrates 258 The Compilation and Evolution of the Hippiatrica 272 Conclusions 310 Bibliography 316 Index 336 Index of Greek and Latin words 336 General Index 338 A 338 B 339 C 339 D 341 E 342 F 342 G 342 H 343 I 343 J 343 K 344 L 344 M 344 N 346 O 346 P 346 Q 347 R 347 S 347 T 348 U 348 V 348 W 349 X 349 Z 349 Index of passages cited 350 The veterinary compilation known as the Hippiatrica is a rich and little-known source of information about the care and medical treatment of horses, donkeys, and mules in late antiquity and the Byzantine period. This book provides a guide both to its intriguing contents, and to its complex textual history. - ;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