Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cockayne, Thomas Oswald, 1807-1873 (Editor, Translator)
Other Authors: Apuleius, Barbarus, Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735, Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos, Placitus, Sextus, Placitus, Sextus, Papyriensis, Singer, Charles, 1876-1960
Format: Book
Language:English
Old English
Published: London : Holland Press, 1961
London, 1961
Edition:[Rev. ed.]
Series:Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores ; no. 35, pt. 1-3
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • V. 1. Preface. Herbarium of Apuleius. Continued from Dioskorides, etc. Medicina de quadrupedibus of Sextus Placitus; all from Brit. mus. ms. Cotton Vitellius C. III. Leechdoms from fly leaves of mss. Charms (in part)
  • v. 2. Læce boc: Leech book from Brit. mus. ms. Reg. 12. D. XVII. Glossary. Index of proper names.
  • v. 3. Recipes, from Brit. mus. Harl. 585. Of schools of medicine, Harl. ms. 6258. Prognostics. Starcraft. Charms. Durham glossary of names of plants. Saxon names of plants. Glossary. Index. Names of persons. Historical fragments
  • v. 1. Preface. Herbarium of Apuleius. Continued from Dioskorides, etc. Medicina de quadrupedibus of Sextus Placitus; all from Brit. mus. ms. Cotton. Vitellius C. III. Leechdoms from fly leaves of mss. Charms (in part)
  • v. 2. Læce boc: Leech book, from Brit. mus. ms. Reg. 12. D. XVII. Glossary. Index of proper names
  • v. 3. Recipes, from Brit. mus. Harl. 585. Of schools of medicine, Harl. ms. 6258. Prognostics. Starcraft. Charms. Durham glossary of names of plants. Saxon names of plants. Glossary. Index. Names of persons. Historical fragments