An edition of the Physica by Hildegard von Bingen based on the manuscript Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ashb.1323. Commentary in German.

After a brief overview of the position of the natural history and medical writings in Hildegard von Bingen's entire oeuvre as well as the question of authorship and transmission history of the Physica, the special significance of the Florentine manuscript is highlighted and, in addition to philological peculiarities, the origin of the numerous text inserts that are missing in other sources, discussed. The focus is on the actual edition of the previously unedited Florentine manuscript in synopsis with today's authoritative text constitution, as in the one by J.-P. Migne concerned Patrologia Latina is present. This is followed by lists of drug chapters as well as an overall register of drugs and indications. - [Abstract]

Language: Latin, German

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