Henry, archdeacon of Huntingdon, England (ca 1088-ca 1154) has been admired for centuries as the author of the monumental Historia Anglorum. The recent discovery of the Anglicanus ortus opens a new window onto this important English author as well as onto the uses of poetry and the knowledge of medicine in medieval England. Written entirely in Latin verse, the Anglicanus ortus describes the medicinal uses of 160 different herbs, spices, and vegetables. Henry drew on centuries of learned medicine to compose this work, employing the medical knowledge of ancient authors like Pliny the Elder and Dioscorides and of medieval scholars like Walahfrid Strabo, Macer Floridus and Constantine the African. This critical edition is based on the five extant manuscripts and includes a complete English translation on facing pages and a commentary on every poem. An extensive introduction describes the manuscript witnesses in detail, examines Henry?s poetic skill and use of sources, and establishes the place of the Anglicanus ortus in a pivotal era in the history of medicine and natural philosophy.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [490]-504) and indexes
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- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 615.3/210942
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- e-uk-en
- ISBN
- 9780888441805 9781771100236
- LCCN
- RM666.H33
- LCCN Item number
- H456 2012eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiv, 561 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00913122 (OCoLC)887634121 (CaOOCEL)440359
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Verse herbal of the twelfth century
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- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- HENRY OF HUNTINGDON 3
- Contents du roman cohabitation de récits profanes et de textes sacrés dans trois recueils v 7
- Preface du roman cohabitation de récits profanes et de textes sacrés dans trois recueils v 13
- Introduction 15
- Works 21
- Authorship and Dating 24
- Structure 27
- Relations between Poems 33
- Sources 34
- Treatment of Sources and Compositional Methods 43
- Macer Floridus 49
- Walahfrid Strabo 54
- Pseudo-Apuleius 55
- Constantine the African 57
- Pliny the Elder 60
- Metre Rhyme and Rhetoric 62
- Henry of Huntingdon and Twelfth-Century Medicine 66
- The Herbals Legacy 70
- Sigla and Editorial Conventions 82
- Abbreviations 83
- The English Garden 87
- Commentary 356
- Appendix 495
- Bibliography 504
- Primary Sources 504
- Secondary Sources 510
- Indices 519
