[Preliminary comments on a "History of German medical literature of the middle ages" exemplified by the 12th century].
My long-term goal is to prepare a study leading to a history of medieval German medical literature, from the beginnings to about 1500. This literature is largely missing from the standard histories of medicine, and it also seldom appears in histories of German literature. After reviewing the "überlieferungsgeschichtliche Ansatz", the method of examining texts in the historical and codicological contexts in which they are transmitted, I review the six German medical texts attested in twelfth century manuscripts (not counting individual recipes). These are: the, Prüller Kräuterbuch', the, Prüller Steinbuch', the 'Arzneibuch Ipocratis', the 'Capsula Eburnea', the 'Innsbrucker Arzneibuch', and the 'Frauengeheimnisse', all printed in Friedrich Wilhelm's collection of twelfth century texts. These texts are all from the second half of the century and from the Upper German language area, with Regensburg as the particular focus, and they are transmitted along with important theological and philosophical texts of the time.
Institut für Geschichte der Medizin der Universität Würzburg.
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D005858:Germany; D006663:Historiography; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000266:history*
Vorüberlegungen zu einer "Geschichte der deutschen Medizinliteratur des Mittelalters" am Beispiel des 12. Jahrhunderts.