Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England: Being a Collection of Do

Description: Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England This three-volume publication (1866-8) contains texts on plants, medicine and the heavens, mostly in Old English, composed or adapted in the British Isles before the Norman Conquest. Volume 2 contains an Old English compilation (from a tenth-century manuscript) of remedies for a wide range of medical conditions. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This three-volume work, published in 1864-6, was edited by Thomas Oswald Cockayne (1807-73), a Cambridge graduate, much-published early member of the London Philological Society, and teacher of the philologists Walter Skeat and Henry Sweet. It is a collection of writings from pre-Conquest Britain on plants, medicine and the heavens, mostly in Old English with accompanying modern English translations. The preface of Volume 2 outlines evidence for early medieval British material culture, particularly foodstuffs, drink, fabrics and metals, and argues against dismissing the Anglo-Saxons and their contemporaries as primitive. The Old English text in this volume is taken from a tenth-century manuscript in the Royal Collection, which Cockayne suggests may have belonged to the Abbot of Glastonbury. It is a careful and thorough compilation of remedies for conditions ranging from toothache to complications of pregnancy, and digestive problems to mental illness, and reveals the influence of Greek medical learning in the Anglo-Saxon world. Table of Contents Preface; Leech book; Glossary; Index. Promotional "Headline" A fascinating collection of texts, mostly in Old English with translations, revealing early medieval British understandings of medicine and astrology. Description for Bookstore This three-volume publication (1866-8) contains texts on plants, medicine and the heavens, mostly in Old English, composed or adapted in the British Isles before the Norman Conquest. Volume 2 contains an Old English compilation (from a tenth-century manuscript) of remedies for a wide range of medical conditions. Description for Library This three-volume publication (1866-8) contains texts on plants, medicine and the heavens, mostly in Old English, composed or adapted in the British Isles before the Norman Conquest. Volume 2 contains an Old English compilation (from a tenth-century manuscript) of remedies for a wide range of medical conditions. Details ISBN1108043089 Pages 470 Year 2012 ISBN-10 1108043089 ISBN-13 9781108043083 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Thomas Oswald Cockayne Birth 1807 Death 1873 DEWEY 941 Short Title LEECHDOMS WORTCUNNING & STARCR Language English Media Book Subtitle Being a Collection of Documents Illustrating the History of Science in this Country before the Norman Conquest Publisher Cambridge University Press Publication Date 2012-11-15 Illustrations 1 Plates, color Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2012-11-15 AU Release Date 2012-11-15 NZ Release Date 2012-11-15 Series Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91401567;

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