Res and Verba: The Early Humanist Translations of Natural S

The article examines the challenges Italian humanists faced as Greek scientific literature was gradually incorporated into their broad translation agenda during fifteenth century. accurate and interpretation of naturalia called question rhetoric-based norms underpinning humanist programme, instead re-oriented intellectual debates regarding relationship between res verba, terminological exactness, awareness specific discourse genres, well strategies that could best accommodate this body literature. contribution medical crucial in stimulating a new approach to texts.