Towards a Novel Methodology for the Identification of Plants in Historical Texts: A Case Study Based on the Byzantine Pharmacy Text John the Physician's Therapeutics

Lardos, Andreas; Patmore, Kristina; Allkin, Robert; Lazarou, Rebecca; Nesbitt, Mark; Scott, Andrew C.; Zipser, Barbara

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4524587

2023

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4524587

|View full text |Cite

Preprint

Towards a Novel Methodology for the Identification of Plants in Historical Texts: A Case Study Based on the Byzantine Pharmacy Text John the Physician's Therapeutics

Andreas Lardos

Kristina Patmore

Robert Allkin

et al.

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2023

Publication Types

Select...

Article1

Relationship

Self Cite1

Independent0

Authors

Journals

Cited by 1 publication

(2 citation statements)

References 33 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This nomenclature originated among the scientists on our team. 4 2 5 In this step, dictionaries were also consulted, for instance 3 – 6 6 7 7 link [last accessed 6.9.2023] 8 See link [last accessed 31.08.2023] 9 This system draws on Model 6.II in 9 . For details on this system and why it was used see 2 10 See 10 and 1 10f.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…4 2 5 In this step, dictionaries were also consulted, for instance 3 – 6 6 7 7 link [last accessed 6.9.2023] 8 See link [last accessed 31.08.2023] 9 This system draws on Model 6.II in 9 . For details on this system and why it was used see 2 10 See 10 and 1 10f. 11 We owe this translation, and also some of the translations of subsequent passages to 11 They are, however, not verbatim quotes and may be modified.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Interpreting materia medica. A case study on Ioannes Archiatrus

Zipser,

Lardos,

Lazarou

et al. 2023

Wellcome Open Res

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Premodern medical texts are an invaluable source for scholars from humanities and sciences. However, they are usually not accessible as few scientists with an interest in premodern materia medica are also qualiﬁed philologists. Therefore, a balance has to be struck to translate these texts while preserving information on how reliable we believe a given translation to be. In this paper, we conduct a case study on the vernacular version of Ioannes archiatrus. Methods The present study forms part of the output of a multidisciplinary Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award combining humanities and sciences. We deployed a multi-layer tagging system to systematise pharmaceutical terminology and to translate these terms while providing conﬁdence factors for individual words. In a second step, we used AntConc, a freeware concordance software, to analyse our primary source and visualise patterns in the text. Results Our methodology created a readable text that made it possible for the reader to check conﬁdence factors. It also allows our translation and tagging to be recycled for further research. Conclusions Our methods provide a tool that allows to balance the need to translate and the necessary caution about translated plant and mineral names. Our approach is transferable and it can be modiﬁed to suit the needs of other primary sources.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Interpreting materia medica. A case study on Ioannes Archiatrus

Zipser,

Lardos,

Lazarou

et al. 2023

Wellcome Open Res

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.

Contact Info

customersupport@researchsolutions.com

10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614

Henderson, NV 89052, USA

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Blog Terms and Conditions API Terms Privacy Policy Contact Cookie Preferences Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Made with 💙 for researchers

Part of the Research Solutions Family.

Towards a Novel Methodology for the Identification of Plants in Historical Texts: A Case Study Based on the Byzantine Pharmacy Text John the Physician's Therapeutics

Cited by 1 publication

References 33 publications

Interpreting materia medica. A case study on Ioannes Archiatrus

Interpreting materia medica. A case study on Ioannes Archiatrus

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About