出版社：Universidad de Aveiro, Departamento de Línguas e Culturas
摘要：Books about “secrets”, which hint at the revelation of the mysteries of nature,
became popular during the Middle Ages, particularly those pertaining to medicine. Espe‐
cially widespread were books of women’s secrets, halfway between theoretical and practi‐
cal medicine. This paper analyzes the modes of transmission of these female mysteries,
which have always been subjected to taboo. They arose from Arabic translations, were
influenced by popular medicine, were written down by the Salernitan authors and finally
were added to 14th‐century compendia.
