Il «Thesaurus pauperum» pisano

Medieval medicine is a field of study still largely unexplored, due mainly to the absence of modern editions of texts. One of these texts is the Thesaurus pauperum, a collection of recipes prepared with natural (and easily accessible) ingredients, conceived as a manual for self-medication. The extraordinary success of this work is proved by its large number of Latin witnesses and by the abundant vernacular translations. The book presents for the first time the critical edition of the Thesaurus p