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:
Binding: modern vellum boards., Decoration: some initials, headings and words in red ink., Laid in: parchment fragment probably recovered from earlier binding., Layout: single columns of 33 lines., On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: English bookhand.
Subject (Topic):
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., and Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--
Manuscript fragment, on parchment, containing twelve long lines of verse.
Description:
From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Subject (Name):
Robin Hood--(Legendary character)--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Topic):
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript, on paper and parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English translation of de Chauliac's treatise on surgery and other aspects of practical medical treatment, particularly of wounds.
Description:
Binding: fifteenth-century blind-stamped full calf over wooden boards, rebacked; remains of later hardware. Binder's label on back pastedown: W. H. Woods & Co. / Manchester / 1879., Decoration: seven large decorated initials; numerous smaller initials in blue with red penwork., Includes 5 inserted slips., Layout: double columns of 54 lines., Previously owned by Sir Thomas Nott; John Byrom; Chetham's Library, Manchester. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Script: cursive bookhand., Support: mixed. 101 paper leaves, 52 parchment leaves., and Wanting ff. 2-3. Some gaps and errors in foliation.
English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medicine, Medieval., Medicine--Early works to 1800., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., Surgery--Early works to 1800., and Surgery--Handbooks, manuals, etc.