Herbal in prose and verse

Description

Title: Herbal in prose and verse
Published / Created: [ca. 1400-1425]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing an herbal in prose and verse. The volume opens with two Middle English poems, showing traces of East Anglian dialect, describing a variety of herbs and their medicinal properties, as well as accepted cures and prescriptions for a number of ailments. These are followed by Middle English and Latin prose texts also concerning herbal medicine
Description: In Middle English and Latin.
Laid in: parchment fragment probably recovered from earlier binding.
Layout: single columns of 33 lines.
Script: English bookhand.
Decoration: some initials, headings and words in red ink.
Binding: modern vellum boards.
Provenance: Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 43 leaves : 225 mm x 120 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)
Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Manuscript waste (Binding)
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): English poetry
English prose literature
Herbals
Herbs
Therapeutic use
Manuscripts, Medieval
Medicine
Medicine, Medieval
Subjects: English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500
English prose literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
Herbals > Early works to 1800
Herbs > Therapeutic use > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medicine > Early works to 1800
Medicine > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Medicine, Medieval
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Herbal in Prose and Verse (Takamiya MS 46). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.