The 'Liber de diversis medicinis' in the Thornton manuscript (ms. Lincoln cathedral A. 5. 2.) /
| Uniform Title: | Liber de diversis medicinis. |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English, Middle (1100-1500) |
| Published: |
London :
Pub. for the Early English text society by H. Milford, Oxford university press,
1938.
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| Series: | Early English Text Society (Series) ;
207. |
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| Item Description: | A collection of medical prescriptions and charms written in a mid-fifteenth century hand; the scribe, a Robert Thornton, has been variously identified with three persons of the name who flourished during that period. Robert Thornton of East Newton is considered the most probable person by the present editors and others. cf. introduction, p. viii-xv; Dict. nat. biog., volume 56, pages 303-304. "Originally a dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of Chicago in candidacy for the degree of doctor of philosophy [1935]" |
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| Physical Description: | xxix, 160 pages : frontispiece (facsimiles) ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 151-158. Early English Text Society's list of publications, etc. (8 pages) at end. |