Archaia/Nea
Institute Collaborations
Activity in the Institute is expanding quickly. In June, the Institute has been invited to collaborate to fascinating extra-mural projects, one of which is a garden of medicinal plants of the International Hippocratic Foundation in Kos, Greece, the native island of the Father of Medicine, Hippocrates (460-between 375 and 351 B.C.). Interest in Botanical Manuscripts on the Rise
Interest in ancient botanical manuscripts is stronger than ever, not only in libraries and research centers worldwide, but also on the antiquarian market.
Digitizing Renaissance Illustrations
The Institute is currently working on its collection of digital images of Renaissance printed herbals, that is, books describing and analyzing the plants used for medicinal purposes, which are often illustrated.
Ethnobotany and History in 2010
2010 is rich in events related to ethnobotany and medical traditions urbi et orbi, in town and in the world.
Selected Readings
Plants, knowledge and traditional uses of plants, and books on plants in all parts of the world from Antiquity to present day, including methodological thinking about the fields of ethnobotany, economic botany, ethnopharmacology, and medical traditions are abundant and as diverse as numerous. Here is a selection.
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