Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Library at Wellcome Collection in London

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List of figures ix Preface xi Notes on contributors xii Note to the reader xv The Wellcome Greek Collection 1 PETROS BOURAS-VALLIANATOS 1 Greek manuscripts in the Library at Wellcome Collection: Owners and cataloguers 12 VIVIAN NUTTON 2 The clinical method of the anonymous of Paris 25 ORLY LEWIS 3 Wellcomensis MS.MSL.14 as a therapeutic handbook 54 BARBARA ZIPSER 4 The language of iatrosophia: A case-study of two manuscripts of the Library at Wellcome Collection (MS.4103 and MS.MSL.14) 66 TINA LENDARI AND IO MANOLESSOU 5 Jewish astronomy in Byzantium: The case of Wellcomensis MS.498 ANNE TIHON 6 Manuel Korinthios' poems in Wellcomensis MS.498 MARIA TOMADAKI

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“…A similar treatment is found in Albert the Great's De Animalibus (Animals), 39 which is, like Barhebraeus's writing on the subject, primarily influenced by both Aristotle and Avicenna and will be mentioned here briefly only for the sake of comparison. Besides these shared sources, Albert is not only a representative of the Medieval Latin tradition, but also roughly contemporary with Barhebraeus.…”

“…38 This model had an error rate of 9.70% which is not too bad. However, this model was not suitable for further use since we made some rookie mistakes: We did not pay especially close attention to the baselines, 39 but drawing those precisely from the exact beginning to the end of every line is crucial to getting good results from the text recognition process. In addition, it is suggested that you use almost perfect transcriptions for the HTR training, as every mistake in the transcription can falsify the actual result.…”

“…38 The arrival of Zhenzong at Chanyuan on 9th January 1005 strengthened Song resolve, and paved the way for peace negotiations. 39 The Chanyuan Covenant, agreed to on 24 th January 1005 and proclaimed on 5th February, set out in religiously sanctioned letters issued by each side, resulted in Song recognition of the Liao Empire, demilitarised the border along the Juma river, and recognised the mutual sovereignty of the Liao over the Sixteen Prefectures and of the Song over Guannan. 40 In addition, the Song agreed to pay »annual military assistance payments« of 200,000 bolts of raw silk and 100,000 taels of silver to the Liao Empire.…”

“…Karmanova and Oganesyan,Sleep,[7][8][9][10][11][12], see in the extended periods of motionless rest of fish an early evolutionary state of sleeping, which allows them to remain undetected by potential predators. 59 Hobson,Dreaming,[38][39]De Anima,49,ed. Waszink,67 (see the commentary,[514][515][516][517][518], understood Herodotus's remark on the non-dreaming Libyan tribe as an unfavorable characterization.…”

“…Furthermore, German scholarship in particular has been heir to a long tradition of ideas on the state going back to Hegel and neo-Hegelians in which der Staat has a very precise and, one might say, an elevated »idealist« sense, but also one that is strongly caught up in debate with the reality of the German experience and ways that condition ideas about statehood. 39 The long shadow of Platonist ideas is apparent. In this stream of thinking something as significant as »the state« must have an essence that supervenes any specific 35 Again, it is manifest (and not at issue here) that a word study of res publica will surely advance our understanding of their ideas and concepts (e.g.…”