The Old English Herbals

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE ANGLO-SAXON HERBALS

CHAPTER II LATER MANUSCRIPT HERBALS AND THE EARLY PRINTED HERBALS

CHAPTER III TURNER'S HERBAL AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOREIGN HERBALISTS

CHAPTER IV GERARD'S HERBAL

CHAPTER V HERBALS OF THE NEW WORLD

CHAPTER VI JOHN PARKINSON, THE LAST OF THE GREAT ENGLISH HERBALISTS

CHAPTER VII THE LATER SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY HERBALS

BIBLIOGRAPHIES I MANUSCRIPT HERBALS, TREATISES ON THE VIRTUES OF HERBS, ETC.

INDEX

Transcriber's Note

This text uses some uncommon characters, in particular yogh (ȝ), apostrophus (Ɔ) and y, m and n with a macron (ȳ, m̄ and n̄ respectively). There are also some astronomical symbols (♄, ♃, ♂, ⊙, ♀, ☿, ☽). If these do not display correctly, you may need to adjust your browser settings.

There is also some Greek text, e.g. Περὶ Διδαξέων. A transliteration is included, and is indicated with a faint dotted red underline; hover your mouse over the word(s) to see it.

Tironian ampersands are indicated as [et]. A q with a small c above is indicated as [qui].

THE OLD
ENGLISH HERBALS

BY

ELEANOUR SINCLAIR ROHDE

AUTHOR OF “A GARDEN OF HERBS”

Illustration of the “lilie” from the Saxon translation of the Herbarium of Apuleius

Longmans, Green and Co.
1922


HERBS BEING DUG UP AND MADE INTO MEDICINES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A SAGE

From a 12th century copy of the Herbarium of Apuleius, now in the Library of Eton College


TO
MY BROTHER


“The Lely is an herbe wyth a whyte floure. And though the levys of the floure be whyte: yet wythin shyneth the lykenesse of golde.”—BartholomÆus Anglicus (circ. 1260).


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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