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Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187 (translator of Arabic works into Latin)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: [1113,1114]-1187- - 1187

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

De Simplici medicina, Books I-V, late 13th century

 Part
Identifier: MS 166/ff. 145r-190v
Contents Ff. 145r-190v contains the first five books of Galen's De simplici medicina, part of a longer treatise on simply medicines, or the medicinal properties and uses for plants, animals and minerals. The first five books, contained here, specifically deal with the correct way to use such drugs. Galen's work here goes beyond that of others, who simply describe the'simples'. The Latin translation contained in MS 166 of De simplici...
Dates: late 13th century