Medieval Herbal Remedies: The Old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon MedicineThis book presents for the first time an up-to-date and easy-to-read translation of a medical reference work that was used in Western Europe from the fifth century well into the Renaissance. Listing 185 medicinal plants, the uses for each, and remedies that were compounded using them, the translation will fascinate medievalist, medical historians and the layman alike. |
Contents
the Lifelong Disappointments of T O Cockayne
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2 Cockaynes Herbarium
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3 The Old English Herbarium in a Larger European Context
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Manuscripts Illustrations and the Need for a New Translation
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5 A New Translation of the Old English Herbarium
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References | 231 |
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Other editions - View all
Medieval Herbal Remedies: The Old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon Medicine Anne Van Arsdall No preview available - 2002 |
Medieval Herbal Remedies: The Old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon Medicine Anne Van Arsdall No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
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