[Antiquitas] Constantine the African's Liber Pantegni, Helsinki 4.-6.6.2009

[Outi Kaltio]

Helsingissä järjestetään 4.-6.6.2009 kansainvälinen symposium liittyen  
Kansalliskirjaston 1100-luvulta peräisin olevan lääketieteellisen  
käsikirjoituksen editointi- ja julkaisuhankkeeseen sekä lääketieteen  
historiaan.

Ilmoittautuminen symposiumiin sähköpostitse symposiumin sihteerille  
(uta-maria.liertz at helsinki.fi) ti 26.5. mennessä. Osallistumismaksu 60  
euroa sisältää lounaan (pe 5.6.) ja kahvitarjoilut (pe 5.6. ja la  
6.6.) sekä symposiumiin liittyvät kaksi iltavastaanottoa (Villa  
Gyllenberg to 4.6., Kansalliskirjaston Kupolisali pe 5.6.)  
buffet-tarjoiluineen.

Lisätietoja:
uta-maria.liertz at helsinki.fi
outi.kaltio at helsinki.fi

Tervetuloa!

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CONSTANTINE THE AFRICAN’S LIBER PANTEGNI
TRANSMISSION OF GREEK MEDICAL TRADITION TO THE LATIN WEST VIA  
BYZANTIUM AND THE ARABIC WORLD

University of Helsinki, Helsinki, June 4–6, 2009

An interdisciplinary symposium sponsored by the Academia Europaea and  
the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation
Organizers: Matti Haltia and Heikki Solin


Programme

THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009

19.30
Welcome Reception at the Villa Gyllenberg, hosted by the Signe and Ane  
Gyllenberg Foundation
Venue: Villa Gyllenberg (address: Kuusisaarenpolku 11, Helsinki)


FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009

Opening of the Symposium
Venue: Unioninkadun Juhlahuoneistot (address: Unioninkatu 33, Helsinki)

09.15
Thomas Wilhelmsson (Rector, University of Helsinki): Welcome Address

Jürgen Mittelstrass (Past President, Academia Europaea): Salutation on  
behalf of the Academia Europaea

Matti Haltia (Helsinki): Introductory Remarks


The Greek Medical Tradition and Its Transmission to the Latin West
Venue: Unioninkadun Juhlahuoneistot (address: Unioninkatu 33, Helsinki)

Morning Session (Chair: Gotthard Strohmaier)

09.30
Heinrich von Staden (Princeton): Hellenistic Medicine: Reception,  
Transmission, and Loss

10.15
Vivian Nutton (London): Galen and Roman Medicine, or Can a Greek  
Become a Latin?

11.00 Coffee/Tea

11.30
Brigitte Mondrain (Paris): La médecine à Byzance à la lumière des  
manuscrits: transmission et lecture des œuvres de l’Antiquité, étude  
de textes traduits et créations

12.15 Lunch break

Afternoon Session (Chair: Charles Burnett)

13.15
Gotthard Strohmaier (Berlin): Arabic Medicine: Continuation of Greek  
Tradition and Innovation

14.00
Danielle Jacquart (Paris): Latin Translations of Arabic Medical Texts  
and Medieval European Medicine

14.45 Coffee/Tea

15.15
Lola Ferre (Granada): The Jewish Contribution to the Transmission Process

16.00
Matti Haltia (Helsinki): Reflexions of Alexandrian/Galenic Medicine in  
the Nordic Renaissance: the Neuroanatomical Views of the Finnish  
Scholar S.A. Forsius (ca. 1560 - 1624)

16.30 Break

18.00
Meeting and Reception with the Friends of the National Library
Venue: Cupola Hall, National Library of Finland (address: Unioninkatu  
36, Helsinki)

Kai Ekholm (Chief Librarian, National Library of Finland) and Leif  
Andersson (President, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters):  
Welcome Addresses

Heinrich von Staden (Princeton): Ars longa, vita brevis: Migrations of  
Greek Medicine from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

Outi Kaltio (Helsinki): Euroopan ensimmäinen lääketieteen oppikirja:  
käsikirjoitusaarre Kansalliskirjastossa (Europe´s First Textbook of  
Medicine; in Finnish)


SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2009

The Salerno School of Medicine and Constantine the African´s Liber Pantegni
Venue: Unioninkadun Juhlahuoneistot (address: Unioninkatu 33, Helsinki)

Morning Session (Chair: Vivian Nutton)

09.15
Heikki Solin (Helsinki): Was There a Medical School at Salerno in Roman Times?

09.45
Charles Burnett (London): The 12th Century Manuscript of Constantine  
the African´s Liber Pantegni in the British Library

10.30
Outi Merisalo (Jyväskylä): The 12th Century Manuscript of Constantine  
the African´s Theorica Pantegni in the National Library of Finland

11.15 Coffee/Tea

11.45
Raphaela Veit (Tübingen): The Relation of Constantine´s Liber Pantegni  
to the Arabic original by Haly Abbas

12.30
Outi Kaltio (Helsinki): Chapter V of Constantine the African´s  
Theorica Pantegni: a Comparison of Early Manuscripts and the  
Renaissance Editions


19.00
Symposium Dinner (SEPARATE FEE)
Venue: Restaurant G.W. Sundmans (address: Eteläranta 11, Helsinki)