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Thanisch, Eystein, "Knowing through defining: collections of scientific definitions in Gaelic medical manuscripts", dins: Hayden, Deborah - Baccianti, Sarah (eds.), Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World: Vernacular Texts and Traditions, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025, pp. 337-364.

Resum

This article explores how hereditary physicians in medieval Ireland and Scotland translated and adapted classical medical theory into Irish language. The paper highlights the vital role of specialized definition-based texts and glossaries in Gaelic medical education. The research examines how professional medical kindreds used translated texts from Latin and Arabic sources (like Hippocrates, Galen, and Avicenna) to standardize their professional lexicon. These manuscripts often functioned as teacher notebooks or pocket encyclopedias, relying on precise definitions to categorize anatomical parts, physiological processes, and symptoms. The study demonstrates that rather than being isolated, Gaelic medical practice was deeply integrated with broader, university-level European medical philosophy.

Matèries

Medicina
Traduccions
Irlandès
Lèxic

Notes

Vegeu Dublin, National Library of Ireland MS G8 (Siobhán Barrett).