La polémica en la investigación botánica del siglo XVI. Mattioli contra Lusitano

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  • José María Valderas Institut Botànic de Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/collectbot.2000.v25.48

Keywords:

Amato Lusitano, Pietro Mattioli, Dioscórides, Materia Medica, History of botany,

Abstract


Debates in Renaissance played a critical role in developing Botany, Philosophy, Medicine, and Theology. Particularly angry disputes arose from different interpretations of ancient texts, say, Dioscoride's Materia Medica. In one of the most infamous two-sections booklet Mattioli replics «insane discourses et calumnies» by Lusitanus. I deal with the first one, the Apologia. which concerns to false identifications of plants and some errors in Mattioli translation, according to Lusitanus. What was behind the quarrel?

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Published

2000-12-30

How to Cite

Valderas, J. M. (2000). La polémica en la investigación botánica del siglo XVI. Mattioli contra Lusitano. Collectanea Botanica, 25, 255–304. https://doi.org/10.3989/collectbot.2000.v25.48

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