| FA-52311-06 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Jean Ann Givens | Picturing the Healing Arts: Word, Image, and the Illustrated Tractatus de Herbis, 1280-1526 | 7/1/2006 - 6/30/2007 | $40,000.00 | Jean | Ann | Givens | | | | University of Connecticut | Storrs | CT | 06269-9000 | USA | 2005 | Art History and Criticism | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
PICTURING THE HEALING ARTS showcases manuscript and print copies of the medieval treatise known as the "Tractatus de herbis" with three goals in mind: to expand our understanding of the role of scientific illustration, to trace the medieval and early-modern transmission of therapeutic knowledge, and especially, to outline a new approach to the study of reading practices. This book-length study is addressed to a broad community of scholars including historians of art and science as well as others engaged in the study of visual and verbal literacy. |