Rosa anglica sev Rosa medicinæ Johannis Anglici : an early modern Irish translation of a section of the mediaeval medical text-book of John of Gaddesden / edited with introduction, glossary and English version by Winifred Wulff, M. A.

  • John, of Gaddesden, 1280?-1361.
Date:
(1923) 1929
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Publication/Creation

London : Pub. for the Irish texts society by Simpkin, Marshall, ltd, (1923) 1929.

Physical description

[ix]-lviii, 434 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : facsimiles ; 23 cm.

Notes

Irish and English on opposite pages
Irish text is mainly from the Royal Irish academy manuscript, 23 P 20 (a 15th century manuscript)
A translation from Latin into Irish of a considerable portion of the "Rosa anglica," which was probably written in 1314. The English translation of corresponding passages is from the 4th printed edition, Augsburg, 1595
The introduction includes a list of unpublished Irish medical manuscripts and herbals (p. l-lvi)

Bibliographic information

Bibliography: p.[430]-434.

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  • Copy 1

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    History of Medicine
    BW.47
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  • Copy 2

    LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BW.47
    Open shelves

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