Collana | Studi di storia
Miscellanea | Printing R-Evolution and Society 1450-1500
Capitolo | 5 La stampa medico-scientifica nell’Europa del XV secolo

5 La stampa medico-scientifica nell’Europa del XV secolo

Con cenni sulla fruizione dei libri di materia medica e ricettari

Abstract

The 15cBOOKTRADE has assigned a subject and multiple keywords to each edition printed before 1501. We are now able to provide a comprehensive assessment of the entire production of medical material in print. This essay first does that, by looking at overall numbers, topics, areas of publication, Latin versus vernacular editions, and so on. It then focuses on the production and distribution of Materia Medica, and concludes with the evidence of use of this material, gathered from the copy-specific data pertaining to the surviving copies described in MEI, to sketch out the socio-cultural profile and the reading practices of the many anonymous and of the few known actual readers.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 21 Ottobre 2019 | Pubblicato 24 Febbraio 2020 | Lingua: it

Keywords Medical textsMateria medicaReading practicesIncunabulaPrinting medicine


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