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Alleum est planta et est duplex. Pojednání o česneku jako úvod do problematiky Herbáře Křišťana z Prachatic
| Title in English | Alleum est planta et est duplex. Assorted Entries on Garlic as an Introduction to the Herbarium of Křišťan of Prachatice |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Graeco-Latina Brunensia |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | Cristannus de Prachaticz; medieval herbals; medieval herbal remedies; materia medica |
| Description | The author analyzes the first Latin herbarium of Bohemian origin, which was written by Křišťan of Prachatice. His Herbarium is preserved in its original Latin version as well as in a Czech translation. Nevertherless not all copies of the Herbarium traditionally ascribed to Křišťan of Prachatice are indeed his work. Latin and Czech texts of the Herbarium certainly circulated in more versions and it is necessary to determine the following: Which is the original version of the Herbarium, and which are its later adaptations? Which of the texts have nothing in common with the Herbarium and were transmitted as a work of Křišťan of Prachatice only because of his reputation? To what extent do the individual versions vary within the Latin or Czech text traditions as regards the number of lemma and their content? What is the relationship between the Latin and the Czech versions? When were these versions composed if we take into consideration the preserved manuscripts? What are their sources? |
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