Thank Nick for introducing us to this charismatic individual, who seems to
have quite a presence on the internet.
Regards,
Dana Scott
Society of Economic Botany, University of Kent at Canterbury
Alain Touwaide
Renaissance Society of America
Linnaeus
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Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:17
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Subject: VMs: "Herbals from Manuscript to
Printing" in Washington...
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The next meeting
of the Botanical Society of Washington will be held on
Tuesday, November
4th at 7:00 pm.
Dr. Alain Touwaide, Research Associate at the
Smithsonian Institution, NHM,
Section of Botany, will deliver an
illustrated talk titled "Herbals from
Manuscript to Printing."
The
talk will deal with the transformation of herbals from the Late Middle
Ages to the Renaissance, the re-introduction of ancient knowledge (Greek),
the diffusion of ancient data through printing, the separation of botany
from pharmacy, and the development of a new discipline.
Meeting
location: Cathy Kerby Room (Room CE-340), third floor of the new
East
Court building, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, 10th St. and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC
For more information on the event and the BSW:
http://www.botsoc.org/
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