Ed. past times Reggiani, Nicola
Open Access
Aims together with Scope
The book collects papers presented at the International Conference "Greek Medical Papyri - Text, Context, Hypertext" held at the University of Parma on Nov 2-4, 2016, equally the in conclusion effect of the ERC projection DIGMEDTEXT, aimed primarily at creating an online textual database of the Greek papyri dealing amongst medicine. The contributions, authored past times outstanding papyrologists together with historians of the ancient medicine, bargain amongst a multifariousness of topics focused on the papyrological bear witness of ancient medical texts together with contexts. The commencement part, devoted to "medical texts", contains closed to novel reflections on of import sources such equally the Anonymus Londinensis together with the Hippocratic corpus, too equally on specific themes similar the pharmacological vocabulary, the official medical reports, the medical attention inwards the Roman army. The minute purpose collects papers near the "doctors' context", providing highlights from broader viewpoints similar the analysis of the writing supports, the study of the ostraka from the Eastern Desert, the bear witness of inscriptions together with philosophical texts. The 3rd purpose is solely focused on the DIGMEDTEXT projection itself: the squad members introduce closed to relevant fundamental issues raised past times the digitisation of the medical papyri.
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