18 janvier 2021
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Christine F. Salazar et al., « Aetius of Amida’s abbreviations of his Galenic source texts », MOM Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.momeditions.10612
Compilations of earlier medical writings, often referred to as “medical encyclopaedias”, emerged as a new type of medical literature in Late Antiquity. The three great collections that have come down to us – by Oribasius, Aetius of Amida and Paul of Aegina – consist almost entirely of quotations and excerpts taken from well-known medical authors, especially Galen, but these were often rearranged, paraphrased, abbreviated or summarized with the stated aim of making the medical content more suitable for practical use. Our paper presents three case studies from the Libri medicinales of Aetius that illustrate how the compilers reshaped their sources, leaving their individual mark on them.