Nikolaos Myrepsos
Nikolaos Myrepsos (Greek myrepso : "ointment cook ", "ointment maker"; 13th / 14th century) was a Byzantine doctor and author of the Dynameron , the most extensive pharmacopoeia of the Christian Middle Ages .
Life
Nikolaos may have been practicing at the court of the Byzantine emperor John III. Dukas Vatatzes.
plant
Nikolaos Myrepsos wrote his pharmacological compilation Dynameron , based on Greek and Latin sources from the 6th to 12th centuries, probably between 1270 and 1290. It is an antidotary containing 2,656 formulations.
reception
The Dynameron or Antidotarum was translated into Latin in the 14th century by Nicholas of Reggio . In 1549 Leonhard Fuchs had it printed by Johannes Oporinus in Basel. It was an official pharmacopoeia in France until 1651.
See also
Editions
- Ilias Valiakos (ed.): The Dynameron of Nikolaos Myrepsos. First edition. Propylaeum, Heidelberg 2019, DOI: 10.11588 / propylaeum.455 .
literature
- Alfons Lutz : The Dynameron of the so-called Nikolaos Myrepsis and the Antidotarium Nicolai. In: Publications of the International Society for the History of Pharmacy. New series, Volume 21, Stuttgart 1961, pp. 57-73.
- Andreas Kramer: Myrepsos, Nikolaos. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1020.
- Friedrich v. Zglinicki : Uroscopy in the fine arts. An art and medical historical study of the urine examination. Ernst Giebeler, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-921956-24-2 , p. 31 f.
- William Smith (Ed.): A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology . Volume 2, p. 1193 ( online at lib.umich.edu; English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Myrepsos, Nikolaos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine medicin, author of the Dynameron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th century or 14th century |