Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Vivian Nutton Simon of Genoa and Medieval Medicine -- Peregrine Horden Medicine at the Papal Court in the Later Middle Ages: a Context for Simon of Genoa -- Petros Bouras-Vallianatos (King's College London) Simon of Genoa's Clavis sanationis: a Study of Th -- Siam Bhayro (University of Exeter) Simon of Genoa as an Arabist -- Charles Burnett (Warburg Institute) Simon of Genoa's Use of the Breviarium of Stephen, the Discipl -- Marie Cronier Dioscorides Excerpts in Simon of Genoa's Clavis sanationis -- Valerie Knight Simon and the Tradition of the Latin Alexander of Tralles -- Caroline Petit Galen's Pharmacological Concepts and Terminology in Simon of Genoa's Clavis sanationi -- Barbara Zipser Simon Online, an Alternative Approach to Research and Publishing -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Manuscripts.

This volume offers a comprehensible and well-balanced collection of current research on Simon and Clavis sanationis. It demonstrates the importance of the Clavis, not only for the history of pharmacology and medicine, but also for Byzantine and medieval studies, Roman, Greek, Latin and Arabic philology and lexicography.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.