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A Medieval Surgery, Illustrated: The First Recorded Surgical Separation of Conjoined Twins

Zamora, Krista; Da Rocha Birnfeld, Caroline; Barrios, Andrew

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Title
A Medieval Surgery, Illustrated: The First Recorded Surgical Separation of Conjoined Twins
Author(s)
  • Zamora, Krista
  • Da Rocha Birnfeld, Caroline
  • Barrios, Andrew
Issue Date
2022-08-04
Keyword(s)
  • illustrated manuscript
  • medieval medicine
  • Byzantine
Abstract
Vol 3. No. 3 (2022) This issue of SourceLab introduces readers to an example of a Byzantine surgery undertaken in the tenth century, preserved in the Madrid Skylitzes, a twelfth-century illustrated manuscript. This publication is part of the digital documentary edition series SourceLab, based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Our Editorial Board conducts rigorous peer-review of every edition.
Series/Report Name or Number
SourceLab, vol. 3
Type of Resource
  • text
  • still image
  • web archive
Language
en
Copyright and License Information
  • Copyright 2022 Krista Zamora , Caroline Da Rocha Birnfeld, Andrew Barrios
  • This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Owning Collections

SourceLab V3 2022 PRIMARY
Volume 3