LEADER 02606nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910457875003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-87013-910-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000066234 035 $a(EBL)1768438 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000552291 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11357541 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000552291 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10556612 035 $a(PQKB)10653003 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338146 035 $a(OCoLC)774285376 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12682 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338146 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10514535 035 $a(OCoLC)923248671 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000066234 100 $a19950616d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe wonderful art of the eye$b[electronic resource] $ea critical edition of the Middle English translation of his De probatissima arte oculorum /$fBenvenutus Grassus ; edited by L.M. Eldredge 210 $aEast Lansing $cMichigan State University Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (136 p.) 225 1 $aMedieval texts and studies ;$vno. 19 300 $a"A Colleagues book"--T.p. verso. 300 $a"Manuscripts": p. 20-36. 311 $a0-87013-459-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 45-48) and glossary/index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Biography; Nature of the Treatise; Treatments; Manuscripts; Translation; Dialect; A Note on the Text; Suggestions for Further Reading; The Wonderful Art of the Eye; Explanatory Notes; Glossary 330 $a

A thirteenth-century treatise on the theory and practice of ophthalmology, this unique work provides a window on what passed for medical knowledge of the eye during the late Middle Ages. Although little is known of the author, Benevenutus Grassus, he seems to have roamed Italy in the early thirteenth century as a medical practitioner specializing in diseases of the eye.

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