Medieval Welsh medical texts
Subtitle: The recipes
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Cardiff
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781786835499
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Medicine; Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; History; Medieval Medicine
Description: This book contains an edition of the medieval Welsh medical recipes from four fourteenth-century manuscripts, along with an English translation of the recipes that provide practical advice to treat common medical problems, such as toothache, constipation and gout.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover Page; title: Dedication Page; title: Title page; title: Copyright Page; title: Contents; title: Acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations; title: I. Introduction; title: 1. The Nature Of The Corpus; title: 2. The Manuscripts; title: 2.1 British Library Additional 14912 (BLAdd); title: 2.2 Cardiff 3.242 (Hafod 16, Card); title: 2.3 Oxford Bodleian Rawlinson B 467 (Rawl); title: 2.4 Oxford Jesus College 111 (The Red Book of Hergest, RBH); title: 2.5 The Relationship between the Manuscripts; title: 3. Sources And Analogues; title: 4. The Language Of The Texts; title: 5. Editorial Principles; title: 6. Translation Method; title: II. The Texts; title: Book 1: (Pedeir teirton yssyd); title: Book 2: (Rac mann); title: Book 3: (Gan borth Duw goruchel); title: Book 4: (Rac y dannoed); title: Book 5: (Llyma eli mawrweirthwc); title: Book 6: (Ef a ddylir gollwng gwaet); title: Book 7: (Wyth rann a dyly bot ym pob dyn); title: Book 8: (Rac y parlis); title: Book 9 : (Meddeginyaeth rac pob ryw ddolur); title: Book 10: (E llyfyr hwnn a wnaeth Galien ac Ypocras); title: Unique Collections; title: Notes To The Translation; title: Further Notes On The Recipes; title: III. Indexes; title: Index 1: Welsh Vocabulary; title: Index 2: Plant Names; title: Index 3: Other Ingredients; title: Index 4: Instruments,Measures, Treatments; title: Index 5: Parts Of The Body; title: Index 6: Conditions; title: IV. Appendices; title: Appendix 1: Manuscript Contents; title: Appendix 2: Plant-Name Profiles; title: Bibliography; title: Back Cover