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Niles, John D. - D'Aronco, Maria A. (eds.), Medical Writings from Early Medieval England, Volume I: The Old English Herbal, Lacnunga, and Other Texts, Cambridge, Harvard University Press (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, 81), 2023, 864 pp.
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- The volume contains a new edition and translation of The Old English Herbal, Remedies from Animals (previously known as Medicina de Quadrupedibus), Lacnunga, Peri Didaxeon, and a compendium of miscellaneous recipes. Together with Bald's Leechbooks, and Leechbook III (planned as a future volume two) these texts -spanning from the ninth to the twelfth century- were the first in the history of Western medicine to be written in the vernacular of the country, an extraordinary testimony to the culture of early medieval England.
Unlike elsewhere in Europe, vernacular writings on health and healing had a major place in early medieval England. These texts—unique local remedies and translations of late antique Latin treatises—offer insights into the history of science and medicine, social history, scribal practices, and culture. Some cures resemble ones still used today; others are linguistically extravagant, prescribing ambitious healing practices. Alongside recipes for everyday ailments such as headaches are unparalleled procedures for preventing infant mortality, restoring lost cattle, warding off elf-shot, or remedying the effects of flying venom.
Conté:
Introduction
Sources and Contexts of Anglo-Saxon Medical Knowledge
The Old English Herbal and Old English Remedies from Animals
Lacnunga, Peri Didaxeon, and Miscellaneous Remedies
Translating Words, Translating Cultures
Special Features of This Edition
Acknowledgments
Notes
The Old English Herbal [ed. and trans. Maria A. D'Aronco]
Old English Remedies from Animals [ed. and trans. Maria A. D'Aronco]
Lacnunga [ed. and trans. John D. Niles]
Peri Didaxeon [ed. and trans. John D. Niles]
Miscellaneous Remedies [ed. and trans. John D. Niles]
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