Featured here is a modern translation of a medieval herbal, preceded by a study showing how this technical treatise on herbs was turned into a literary curiosity. The transformation began with its first translation in 1864, one that continues to affect how this and other early-medieval medical texts are read.
Featured here is a modern translation of a medieval herbal, preceded by a study showing how this technical treatise on herbs was turned into a literary curiosity. The transformation began with its first translation in 1864, one that continues to affect how this and other early-medieval medical texts are read.
Anne Van Arsdall, Ph.D. (ret.) Publications include papers, book chapters; and (ed.) Herbs and Healers from the Ancient Mediterranean through the Medieval West (2012) and The Old French Chronicle of Morea (2015), a translation of a crusade chronicle set in Greece.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword Linda Ehrsam Voigts Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Oswald Cockayne: The scholar whose long shadow hangs over medieval medicine 2. Cockayne's Herbarium 3. New contexts for the Old English Herbarium 4. About the Old English Herbarium: Manuscripts, illustrations, and need for an alternative to Cockayne's translation 5.The Old English Herbarium: A modern translation References and online resources Alphabetical indexes of plant names Index of medical complaints General index
Foreword Linda Ehrsam Voigts Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Oswald Cockayne: The scholar whose long shadow hangs over medieval medicine 2. Cockayne's Herbarium 3. New contexts for the Old English Herbarium 4. About the Old English Herbarium: Manuscripts, illustrations, and need for an alternative to Cockayne's translation 5.The Old English Herbarium: A modern translation References and online resources Alphabetical indexes of plant names Index of medical complaints General index
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