10.5076/E-CODICES-CSG-0762
Anthemius, Trallianus
Anthimus, Medicus
Gargilius Martialis, Quintus
Vindicianus, Afer
Apuleius, Madaurensis
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Galenus
Hippocrates
Platon
Aristoteles
Oribasius
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 762 : Manuscript compilation; Anthimus, De observatione ciborum
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
2022
(:unav)
lat
Parchment, 278 pp., 19.5 x 12.5-13 cm
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A small-format compendium of ten different medical texts, produced shortly after 800 in an unknown scriptorium, probably in Italy. The contents also include a treatise by the Greek physician Anthimus in the form of a letter to the king of the Franks Theoderich "On the diet" (De observatione ciborum), through which we gain insight to the nutritional habits of one Germanic people.
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