About the Medical Library of St. Photius of Constantinople
https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2021.11.3.003
Abstract
This paper discusses the treatise 322 of St. Photius’ «Amphilochia» dedicated to some medical questions and raises the question of its possible sources and the medical library available to the patriarch in Constantinople. In its composition there can be discerned four fragments of different topics borrowed from the Late Ancient medical literature. The texts used by Photius in this treatise as his sources, are mostly those of his «Bibliotheca». The methods he applied to combine different texts together, give sufficient evidence that Photius not only was very well acquainted with Ancient medical tradition, but also considered his sources critically, making attempts to summarize different opinions. Russian translation of this treatise is attached.
About the Author
I. V. Prolygina
Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina V. Prolygina - PhD in Philology, head of the Department of Latin Language and Basic Terminology at the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry.
Delegatskaya, 20/1, Moscow 127473
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Prolygina I.V. About the Medical Library of St. Photius of Constantinople. Bible and Christian Antiquity. 2021;(3):125-139. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31802/BCA.2021.11.3.003
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