Theatrum Sanitatis

Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome




Shelf mark: Ms. 4182.
Date: 14th C.
Size: 328 x 220 mm.
214 pages, 208 paintings.
Bound in brown leather embossed with gold.
Full-colour commentary volume (328p.), by José María López Piñero (†) (López Piñero Institute for the History of Medicine and Science, Universidad de Valencia – Spanish National Research Council) and Felipe Jerez Moliner (Universidad de Valencia).
Unique and unrepeatable first edition, strictly limited to 987 numbered and authenticated copies.
ISBN: 978-84-88526-45-8


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Shelf mark: Ms. 4182.
Date: 14th C.
Size: 328 x 220 mm.
214 pages, 208 paintings.
Bound in brown leather embossed with gold.
Full-colour commentary volume (328p.), by José María López Piñero (†) (López Piñero Institute for the History of Medicine and Science, Universidad de Valencia – Spanish National Research Council) and Felipe Jerez Moliner (Universidad de Valencia).
Unique and unrepeatable first edition, strictly limited to 987 numbered and authenticated copies.
ISBN: 978-84-88526-45-8




Commentary volume

Commentary volume

Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome


Format: 220 x 330 mm
Pages: 328
Illustrations: 305
Languages: Spanish and English
ISBN: 978-84-88526-44-1

CONTENTS:

Editor’s foreword

Medicine as a principle of human life in galenism and the "Tables of Health" by Ibn Butlan
José María López Piñero (†) (López Piñero Institute for the History of Medicine and Science, Universidad de Valencia – Spanish National Research Council)

The contents of the Theatrum Sanitatis in the Casanatense Library
José María López Piñero (†)

The illustrations in the Theatrum Sanitatis of the Casanatense Library in Rome
Felipe Jerez Moliner (Universidad de Valencia)

Translation
Anne Barton de Mayor

Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome




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Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome


Theatrum Sanitatis contains a treatise on medicine that was widely disseminated in the 14th and 15th centuries. Its aim was to teach princes and powerful figures the rules of hygiene of the rational medicine (i.e. obtained by experiments rather than magical or religious beliefs) of the late Middle Ages.

The author of the text is Ububchasym de Baldach, a Christian physician born in Bagdad who died in 1068. Our codex, however, is a summary of the late-eleventh-century Latin translation.

It concerns the six elements necessary for maintaining one’s daily health: food and drink, air and the atmosphere, movement and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions, changes and states of mind (happiness, shame, …). The author believes disease to stem from alterations of these six elements. Each page features a miniature of one of these elements and a footnote stating its nature, characteristics of what is deemed to be better or preferable for human health, the benefit it offers, any adverse effects it may have and the remedy for such adverse effects.

The illustration of this codex belongs to the Lombard artistic tradition, to the school of Giovanni de Grassi.

Theatrum Sanitatis is designed for readers seeking not only remedies to maintain their health but also an attractive presentation making it easier and enjoyable to learn these norms. This book is not only a source of interesting health information but also an iconographical source for the study of very different aspects of life in that period.



Theatrum Sanitatis

Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome

Description

Theatrum Sanitatis contains a treatise on medicine that was widely disseminated in the 14th and 15th centuries. Its aim was to teach princes and powerful figures the rules of hygiene of the rational medicine (i.e. obtained by experiments rather than magical or religious beliefs) of the late Middle Ages.

The author of the text is Ububchasym de Baldach, a Christian physician born in Bagdad who died in 1068. Our codex, however, is a summary of the late-eleventh-century Latin translation.

It concerns the six elements necessary for maintaining one’s daily health: food and drink, air and the atmosphere, movement and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions, changes and states of mind (happiness, shame, …). The author believes disease to stem from alterations of these six elements. Each page features a miniature of one of these elements and a footnote stating its nature, characteristics of what is deemed to be better or preferable for human health, the benefit it offers, any adverse effects it may have and the remedy for such adverse effects.

The illustration of this codex belongs to the Lombard artistic tradition, to the school of Giovanni de Grassi.

Theatrum Sanitatis is designed for readers seeking not only remedies to maintain their health but also an attractive presentation making it easier and enjoyable to learn these norms. This book is not only a source of interesting health information but also an iconographical source for the study of very different aspects of life in that period.

commentary volume

Theatrum Sanitatis Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome
Format: 220 x 330 mm
Pages: 328
Illustrations: 305
Languages: Spanish and English
ISBN: 978-84-88526-44-1

CONTENTS:

Editor’s foreword

Medicine as a principle of human life in galenism and the "Tables of Health" by Ibn Butlan
José María López Piñero (†) (López Piñero Institute for the History of Medicine and Science, Universidad de Valencia – Spanish National Research Council)

The contents of the Theatrum Sanitatis in the Casanatense Library
José María López Piñero (†)

The illustrations in the Theatrum Sanitatis of the Casanatense Library in Rome
Felipe Jerez Moliner (Universidad de Valencia)

Translation
Anne Barton de Mayor

Pictures

Details

Shelf mark: Ms. 4182.
Date: 14th C.
Size: 328 x 220 mm.
214 pages, 208 paintings.
Bound in brown leather embossed with gold.
Full-colour commentary volume (328p.), by José María López Piñero (†) (López Piñero Institute for the History of Medicine and Science, Universidad de Valencia – Spanish National Research Council) and Felipe Jerez Moliner (Universidad de Valencia).
Unique and unrepeatable first edition, strictly limited to 987 numbered and authenticated copies.
ISBN: 978-84-88526-45-8

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