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LEECHDOMS, WORTCUNNING, AND STARCRAFT OF EARLY ENGLAND 3 VOLUME SET
BEING A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST |
| By: |
Thomas Oswald Cockayne (Editor) |
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Multiple copy pack |
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£103.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108043100 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108043106 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
31 October, 2012 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls |
| Pages: |
1496 |
| Description: |
A fascinating collection of texts, mostly in Old English with translations, revealing early medieval British understandings of medicine and astrology. |
| Synopsis: |
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 on plants, medicine and the heavens from pre-Conquest Britain, mostly in Old English with accompanying modern English translations. They range from a vernacular translation of the substantial Latin Herbarium, formerly attributed to Apuleius, to terse lists of plant names; from brief medicinal recipes and popular charms to Latin prayers for healing; and from observations about equinoxes, solstices, the date of Easter and the length of shadows on various dates to lunar horoscopes and the interpretation of dreams. The editor sets these works in the context of Classical traditions, and also notes their relevance to Victorian interest in subjects such as spiritualism and astrology, and in Oriental science and religion. |
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2 colour illus. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |
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