Description

• Title:
  Bread as Food and Medicament in Oribasius’ Writings
• Creator:
  Kokoszko, Maciej;
  Jagusiak, Krzysztof;
  Dybała, Jolanta
• Contributor:
  Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Filozoficzno-Historyczny, Instytut Historii, Katedra Historii Bizancjum;
  Uniwersytet Łódzki, Centrum Badań nad Historią i Kulturą Basenu Morza Śródziemnego i Europy Południowo-Wschodniej im. prof. Waldemara Cerana, Ceraneum;
  Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego, Filia w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim, Biblioteka;
  mkokoszko@komandor.pl;
  krzysztof_jagusiak@o2.pl;
  j.dybala@vp.pl
• Description:
  Treatises left by Oribasius (first and foremost his Collectiones medicae and Eclogae medicamentorum) preserve a vast body of information on the varieties of bread eaten in late antiquity, characterise them from the point of view of dietetics, list medical conditions in which a given variety is especially beneficial, and name medical preparations which include the product. The present study elaborates on Oribasius’ dietetic knowledge and his input into the development of dietetic discourse (namely his influence on Byzantine dietetic doctrine), determines Oribasius’ main information sources on bread, characterises bread as food, lists varieties which were thought to be used by physicians and explains reasons for the preferences, and finally exemplifies cures and medical preparations which include bread.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  © Copyright by Authors, Łódź 2016; © Copyright for this edition by Uniwersytet Łódzki, Łódź 2016
• Date:
  2017.04.27;
  2016
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Relation:
  Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe;6
• Subject:
  Oribasius;
  history of ancient and Byzantine medicine;
  ancient and Byzantine food history;
  ancient and Byzantine dietetics;
  ancient and Byzantine drug-lore;
  bread;
  cereals
• Identifier:
  2084-140X;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/21410 ;
  2449-8378;
  10.18778/2084-140X.06.18
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  image