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Title

University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 24 - Medical miscellany (Video Orientation)

Authors

Dot Porter, University of PennsylvaniaFollow

Files

Date of this Version

5-2014

Comments

Video orientation to LJS 24 - Israeli, Isaac, ca. 832-ca. 932 - Medical miscellany

Summary: Collection of standard 13th-century medical texts with inhabited initials showing medical scenes. 5 works of Isaac Israeli concerning diet, urine, fevers, and the elements, which were translated into Latin in the 11th century by Constantine the African, a Benedictine monk comprise most of the manuscript. These are preceded by a brief introduction to Galen and 2 short works on the pulse. Most of the illuminations depict Dominican monks teaching and tending to patients.

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http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5266652

Keywords

video orientation, manuscripts

Disciplines

History | Medieval Studies | Other Arts and Humanities

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Recommended Citation

Porter, D. (2014, May 01). University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 24 - Medical miscellany (Video Orientation). [Video file.] Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_video/16