Byzantine Garden Culture

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Byzantine Garden Culture

Author	: Antony Robert Littlewood
File Size	: 53,8 Mb
Publisher	: Dumbarton Oaks
Language	: English
Release Date	: 07 May 2024
ISBN	: 0884022803
Pages	: 286 pages

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Byzantine Garden Culture by Antony Robert Littlewood Book PDF Summary

Individual essays discuss Byzantine conceptions of paradise, the textual evidence for monastic horticulture, animal and game parks, herbs in medicinal pharmacy, and the famous illustrated copy of Dioskorides's herbal manual in Vienna. An opening chapter explores questions and observations from the point of view of a non-Byzantine garden historian, and the closing chapter suggests possible directions for future scholarship in the field.

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