9.30 a.m.
PIETRO D’ABANO "SCIENTIST" IN
THE PRE-GALILEIAN PADUA
Coordination by Gregorio Piaia
University of Padua
9.45
a.m.
Pietro d’Abano on poisons.
Medieval Tradition and Greek sources.
Alain
Touwaide
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
10.15
a.m.
The poisons in literature and the iconography at the time of Pietro d’Abano
Piero
Morpurgo
National Commission for the Edition
of the Schola Salernitana (Ministry of Cultural Heritage)
10.45 a.m.
Pietro d’Abano and the astrological image
Giordana Mariani Canova
University of Padua
11.15 a.m. Coffee break
11.30
a.m.
"Embryological" places in
the works of Pietro d’Abano.
Comparison of cultural models
Romana Martorelli Vico
University of Urbino
12.00 a.m.
Pietro d’Abano and Marco Polo
Francesco Bottin
University of Padua
12.30
a.m.
Debate
1.00 p.m. Conclusions