On Theriac to Piso, attributed to Galen : a critical edition with translation and commentary

336 Pages·2016·1.201 MB·English

by  Leigh, Robert

OnTheriactoPiso,AttributedtoGalen
Studies in Ancient Medicine
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On Theriac to Piso,
Attributed to Galen
ACriticalEditionwithTranslationandCommentary
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Conspectussiglorum viii
Introduction 1
TheText 1
TheManuscripts 1
TheArabicText 5
TheLatinTranslations 6
TheAndromachusPoem 7
TheTreatise 8
StructureandContent 8
Date 11
Authenticity 19
a Self-presentation 20
b History 20
c JuliusAfricanusCesti 22
d Doctrine—Pharmacology 24
e Doctrine—Hippocrates 33
f Doctrine—Philosophy—Asclepiades 39
g Doctrine—Philosophy—λόγοςandπεῖρα 43
h StyleandLanguage 45
i StylisticFeatures 52
j WordFrequencies 53
k RareWords 60
ConclusionsonAuthenticity 61
NoteonChapterHeadings 62
TextandTranslation 65
Commentary 165
Appendices 255
Bibliography 312
IndexLocorum 316
GeneralIndex 324
IndexofSignificantGreekTerms 326

Acknowledgements
ThisworkisasubstantiallyrevisedversionofmyPhDatExeterUniversity.I
wouldliketothanktheWellcomeTrustfortheirsponsorshipofthePhDand
the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for awarding me a year’s Visiting
Scholarship at Humboldt University, Berlin which enabled me to revise the
manuscript.IwouldliketothankmysupervisorJohnWilkins,andcolleagues
intheClassicsDepartmentandCentreforMedicalHistoryatExeter,andmy
externalexaminerPhilipvanderEijk.IwouldalsoliketothankVivianNutton
formuchexcellentadviceonallsortsofissuesandforreadingalatedraftof
the thesis; and Jim Hankinson for reading a draft. I am also grateful to Bink
Hallum and Uwe Vagelpohl of the Warwick Epidemics project for advice on
the Arabic translation of the commentary on the Epidemics, to Christophe
GuignardforadviceontheCestiofJuliusAfricanus,toDavidLeithformaking
available his papers on Asclepiades of Bithynia and to Laurence Totelin for
allowingmetogiveversionsofpartsofmyintroductionattheApproachesto
AncientMedicineconferencesin2010and2012.
Conspectus siglorum
I Codices
A LondiniensisAdd.10.058,f.161v–165v.s.xv(Andromachuspoem).
C TrinityCambridgeO.2.12s.xvi(Andromachuspoem).
L Laurentianus74.5140–160s.xii–xiii.
M Marcianus281s.xv.
N Parisinussuppl.gr.35s.xv–xvi.
O Hauniensisantfundreg225f170.s.xvi[incomplete,endingatκαὶοὕτωλοιπὸν
ἀκριβῶς=p.76.l.13KühnXIV221.11].
P Parisinus2195.s.xiii[excerptsonly;seep.2].
Q Parisinus2164s.xvi.
V VossianusVGF58,Leiden.s.xiv[excerptsonly;seep.2].
X Vindobonensismed.gr.6s.xiv–xv.
W VIFc37RoudniceLobkowiczLibrary,CzechRepublic[excerptsonly;seep.2].
Y YaleMedicalHistoricalLibraryms.37s.xvi.
Arab. AyaSofia3590.
II Editiones
Ald. AldineVenice1525.
Crat. CratanderBasle1538.
Chart. ChartierParis1639.
Kühn KühnLeipzig1830.
GDRK Heitsch1963(Andromachipoema).
edd. Ald.Crat.Chart.Kühn.
Smith LoebHippocrates,Vol.VII(Hipp.Epidemics).
III EditionesLatinae
Pinz. PinziVenice1490.
Ander. AndernachParis1531.
Rasar. RasarioVenice1562.
Frob. FrobenBasle1549(tr.Andernach).
Giun. GiuntaVenice1565(tr.Rota).
Iuv. IohannesIuvenis(=JohannNeander)Antwerp1574.
Chart. ChartierParis1639.
conspectus siglorum ix
IV EditioArabica
Richter-Bernburg EinearabischeversionderpseudogalenischenSchriftdeTheriaca
adPisonem.Richter-Bernburg,Lutz.1969.
V Annotationes
Clem. Ald.withJohnClementnotes,Leiden.
Caius Crat.withJohnCaiusnotes,Eton.