Studies on Ancient Plants
Multidisciplinary Approaches and New Perspectives
Published on Monday, February 06, 2023
Abstract
The aim of the workshop Studies on Ancient Plants: Multidisciplinary Approaches and New Perspectives is to offer an overview of the state of the art in the study of ancient plants by combining different methodologies related to various cultural settings (Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Syriac and Arabic world) and disciplines (medicine, botany, history of art and technology, experimental archaeology, etc.).
Announcement
Programme
Monday, February 13
09:15-09:30 Caterina Manco, Matteo Martelli (Bologna) Welcome and Introduction
Morning session. Chair: Gabriele Ferrario (Bologna)
- 09:30-10:15 Pascal Luccioni (Lyon). Plant-lists and poetry in the Hellenistic Period
- 10:15-11:15 Sean Coughlin, Diana Míčková, Heike Wilde (Prague). The antu-list reconsidered: a synoptic reading of Edfu and Athribis ingredients
11:15-11:45 Coffee Break
- 11:45-12:30 Valérie Schram (Paris). New approach to plants identification in Greek papyrological texts from Egypt
Afternoon session. Chair: Lucia Raggetti (Bologna)
- 14:30–15:15 Maximilian Haars (Marburg). Seven Years in Greece – the Bavarian Botanist Carl Fraas (1810– 1875) and His Interpretations of Dioscuridean Plant Names
- 15:15–16:00 Marie Cronier (Paris). La tradition illustrative du traité Sur la matière médicale de Dioscoride (grec, arabe, latin) : unité et pluralité
16:00–16:30 Coffee Break
- 16:30-17:15 Valérie Bonet (Aix-Marseille). Les utilisations des armoises (Artemisia L.) dans le monde gréco- romain à la lumière des connaissances chimico-médicales actuelles
- 17:15-18:00 Angelo Gismondi (Rome) Back to the roots: searching for hidden plant records in archaeological contexts
Tuesday, February 14
Morning session. Chair: Eduardo Escobar (Bologna)
- 09:15–10:00 Maddalena Rumor (Cleveland). The Study of Plants in Mesopotamian Scholarship
- 10:00–10:45 Mark Geller (London). Akkadian drug names in Syriac?
10:45–11:15 Coffee Break
- 11:15–12:00 Robert Hawley (Paris). Semitic plant names in diachronic perspective: a few case studies
- 12:00–12:30 Caterina Manco, Matteo Martelli (Bologna). Closing remarks
Information
Università di Bologna, Via Zamboni, 38 Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Aula Mondolfo
ERC AlchemEast
Organizers
- Caterina Manco: caterina.manco2@unibo.it
- Matteo Martelli: matteo.martelli@unibo.it
Subjects
Places
- Aula Mondolfo - Via Zamboni, 38
Bologna, Italian Republic (40126)
Event attendance modalities
Hybrid event (on site and online)
Date(s)
- Monday, February 13, 2023
- Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Attached files
Keywords
- Plants identification, plants, Dioscorides
Contact(s)
- Caterina Manco
courriel : caterina [dot] manco2 [at] unibo [dot] it
Information source
- Caterina Manco
courriel : caterina [dot] manco2 [at] unibo [dot] it
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Studies on Ancient Plants », Conference, symposium, Calenda, Published on Monday, February 06, 2023, https://doi.org/10.58079/1ag5
