Roland of Parma

Early 13th-century surgeon

Roland of Parma,^[a] also called Rolando Capelluti,^[b] was an early 13th-century surgeon. He studied under Roger Frugardi in Parma and wrote a commentary on his teacher's Practica chirurgiae (Practice of Surgery) around 1230. His commentary, known as the Rolandina, became the standard surgical textbook in the West for the next three centuries.^[3]^[1] He later taught in Bologna.^[1]

Notes

^ Italian: Rolando da Parma, sometimes Rolandino; Latin: Rolandus Parmensis^[1]^[2]
^ Also spelled Capelluto or Capezzuti.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lauer 2007.
^ ^a ^b Di Trocchio 1975.
^ Bjork 2010.

Bibliography

Bjork, Robert E., ed. (2010). "Roland of Parma". The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press.
Di Trocchio, Federico (1975). "Capelluti, Rolando". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 18: Canella–Cappello (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
Lauer, Josh (2007). "Roland of Parma". In Neil Schlager; Josh Lauer (eds.). Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery, Volume 2 (700–1449). Gale Group. p. 185.