Article ID: CBB659709543

John of Saint-Amand and Galen’s De simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus: an example of a re-appropriation of Galenic pharmacology by the medieval university context (2021)

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The present study intends to re-consider the process of assimilation of Galenic pharmacology in the academic milieu of the thirteenth-century by investigating the use of Galen’s "De simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus" in some of John of Saint-Amand’s writings (Expositio super Antidotarium Nicolai, Areolae, Concordantiae, Adbreviationes librorum Galeni) and in Pierre de Saint-Flour’s "Colliget forum medicinae." This study demonstrates the difficulties in assimilating Galen’s pharmacology and its theoretical background as conveyed in "De simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus," and examines the role played by the reception of this work in the Parisian academic context, together with the New Galen.

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Authors & Contributors
Pormann, Peter E.
Bos, Gerrit
Naima Afif
Alessandra Scimone
Yavuz, Mustafa
Raggetti, Lucia
Concepts
Manuscripts
Medicine
Pharmacology
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Translations
Latin language
Time Periods
Medieval
Ancient
14th century
13th century
11th century
10th century
Places
Italy
Europe
Middle and Near East
Caucasus Mountains (Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia)
France
Persia (Iran)
Institutions
Bologna. Università
Université de Montpellier
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