ARISTHOT / INTERNUM : SCIENCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Structuring the Mediterranean Basin by developing the scientific heritage common to both sides of the Mediterranean, using Information Society tools.

The objective of Sciences in the Mediterranean is to develop cultural solidarities in the area of the Mediterranean Basin by easing the access for all to a common heritage. Sciences in the Mediterranean have always been the reason of exchanges in the Mediterranean area, it seems then necessary to disseminate the experience of these exchanges by developing a textual and iconographical corpus on Sciences in the Mediterranean, available thanks to the Information Society. The goal of this digitisation of documentary heritage is a better dissemination of the common memory of both sides of the Mediterranean.

The Project Sciences in the Mediterranean aims at developing, using the IS tools, the scientific heritage (books, manuscripts, archives, graphic documents, photographs, video and audio records) common to both sides of the Mediterranean basin. Themes of the project :

• Sciences of Nature and Mathematics : Astronomy and Botany
• Applied Sciences : Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinarian
• Traditional sciences : Alchemy, Divinatory Sciences, Esotericism
Auxiliary science of history : Archaeology, Palaeography, Codicology, Sigillography and Numismatics

ARISTHOT – INTERNUM : Sciences in the Mediterranean partnership consists of 14 institutions, out of which 10 are from the European Union and 4 from Meda Countries.