subject of three papers (IV, IX, XIII) which deal with the Alphabetical Dioscorides (the Latin translation which superseded the earliest Latin version), the even more popular PseudoDioscoridean Ex herbis femininis (sixth century), with a listing of its 71 herbal entries, and Byzantine commentaries post-dating the celebrated Anicia Juliana of AD 512 which offer more modest but qualitatively supe...

The ancient civilizations were dependent upon sophisticated systems of water management. The hydraulic engineering works found in ancient Angkor (ninth to thirteenth century AD), the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan (thirteenth to fifteenth century AD), Byzantine Constantinople (fourth to sixth century AD) and Nabatean Petra (sixth century BC to AD 106) are particularly striking because each of these...

This thesis is entitled (The morphological explanation in the of complement Abi Ali Al-Farsi to Abu Al-Baqa Al-Akbari 616 AH) and aims collect study types causes for a prominent scientist sixth century AH, identify characteristics that he showed explaining issues his book, this research acquires its importance Since researching book heritage, as considered first on after investigation, nature n...