How Long to Read A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition

How Long Does it Take to Read A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition by Professor Patricia Ann Clark

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 1930 the Cretan healer Nikolaos Konstantinos Theodorakis of Meronas re-copied a notebook containing medical lore passed down through his family over generations. The present volume offers an edition of this notebook together with an English translation, the first of its kind. It belongs to the genre of iatrosophia, practical handbooks dating mainly to the 17th to 19th centuries which compiled healing wisdom, along with snippets of agricultural, meteorological and veterinary advice, and admixtures of religion, astrology and magic. Both fascinating and of critical importance, iatrosophia allow glimpses of classical and Byzantine medical sources and illustrate the vitality and resilience of Greek traditional medical and botanical knowledge. From years spent exploring local healing customs in Crete's Amari region, Patricia Clark is able to present Theodorakis' iatrosophion against a rich historical, geographical and social background. Introductory essays and explanatory notes to the translation give context to the iatrosophion and provide the specialized information necessary for a good understanding of the text. The abundant materia medica of the notebook is treated in a substantial appendix. Each animal, mineral, plant or product is provided with an overview of its various names through the millennia. Such entries are not only a key to understanding the Greek medical legacy, but also a vivid illustration of its usage from antiquity to the present day.

How long is A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition?

A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition by Professor Patricia Ann Clark is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition aloud.

What Reading Level is A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition?

A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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