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

About this Edition

In the Fall semester of 2021, History PhD Candidate Jacob Bell offered a digital copy of folio 131r of Ioannes Skylitzes’ History of Byzantium to students in HIST 207: Digital Documentary Publishing, to be published through SourceLab. The document is currently located and digitized at the National Library of Spain: http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/1754254. 

In our presentation we include a transcription and translation of the original text (provided by Jacob Bell), supplementing our source with contemporary writings, and secondary sources providing detailed descriptions of the process of creating this type of art.

Citation Guide for this Edition

Footnote:

Krista Rae Zamora, Caroline Da Rocha Birnfeld, and Andrew Barrios, “A Medieval Surgery, Illustrated: The First Recorded Surgical Separation of Conjoined Twins,” SourceLab 3, no. 3 (2022), https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/scalar/a-medieval-surgery-illustrated-the-first-recorded-surgical-separation-of-conjoined-twins/index.

Bibliographical Note:

Zamora, Krista Rae, Caroline Da Rocha Birnfeld, and Andrew Barrios. “A Medieval Surgery, Illustrated: The First Recorded Surgical Separation of Conjoined Twins.” SourceLab 3, no. 3 (2022). https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/scalar/a-medieval-surgery-illustrated-the-first-recorded-surgical-separation-of-conjoined-twins/index.  

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