{"product_id":"9780907764328","title":"The Latin Alexander Trallianus : The Text and Transmission of a Late Latin Medical Book by D.R. Langslow","description":"The present work offers an extensive introduction to the text  and transmission of the ancient Latin version of the medical  works \"Therapeutica\" and \"On Fevers\" of the great sixth-century  Greek doctor Alexander of Tralles. The importance of the Latin  Alexander in medieval medicine in the West is seen in the  richness of both mainstream and secondary, excerpting  manuscript-traditions. The tradition is such that the  reconstructed Latin text promises to be a much more important  witness to the Greek text than the Greek is to the Latin, and of  course a reliable edition is a prerequisite for any systematic  work on questions such as the provenance of the translation and  the Latinity of the translator(s). The volume comprises an  introduction to Alexander; an outline account of his works in  Greek compared with the Latin version; a description of the Latin  manuscript copies, and a proposed reconstruction of the genetic  relations between them; some preliminary remarks on the Latinity  of the Latin Alexander; and a sample edition, with translation,  critical apparatus, and extensive notes, of the chapters on  coughing at the start of Book 2.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295436419445,"sku":"9780907764328","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780907764328.jpg?v=1762768024","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780907764328","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}