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Pollington, Stephen, Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healing, Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Anglo-Saxon Books, 2000, 544 pp., il., bibl.

Resum

A comprehensive and detailed examination of every aspect of the early English approach to illness and healing, including a full list of the plants used and the properties they contain. Other themes include witchcraft, magic and paganism and appendices present healing theories, amulets, causes of disease, charms, dreams, omens and tree-lore. Three key Old English texts are reproduced in full, accompanied by new translations: Bald's Third Leechbook, the Lacnunga Manuscript, and 'The Old English Herbarium' Manuscript 5. This is a fascinating work of reference, packed full of information and interesting details.

Matèries

Història de la medicina
Medicina - Farmacologia
Màgia - Màgia natural
Traduccions
Anglès

Notes

Fitxa de l'editor: http:/​/​www.asbooks.co.uk/​t%20leechcraft.htm
Reimpr.: 2003.