The underlying pattern of the Renaissance botanical genrepinax
The aim of this paper is to define the Renaissance botanical genrePinax, illustrated by Gesner's (1542) and Bauhin's (1596, 1623) books. The results of the linguistic analysis of these books are interpreted in the frame of the Renaissanceepisteme, that is, the configuration of knowledge peculiar to this period. Though it comes in the form of a simple compendium of plant names (nomenclature), aPinaxhas an underlying “taxonomic” organisation. Whereas Gesner's principles of organisation (alphabetical order, interlinguistic synonymy) pertain to the medicinal custom, Bauhin's principles (logical division, Aristotelian synonymy, chain of being) are conceived in the frame of the botanical specialised scientific community, according to Renaissance metaphysical thoughts (neo-Platonic eponymy, prototypy, correspondences).
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Pulvirenti, Santa, Rosanna Maria Stefania Costa & Pietro Pavone
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Francesco Cupani: the “scientific network” of his time and the making of the Linnaean “system”.
Acta Botanica Gallica 162:3
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