{"product_id":"leechdoms-wortcunning-and-starcraft-of-early-england-being-a-collection-of-documents-illustrating-the-history-of-science-in-this-country-before-the-norman-conquest-paperback-9781108043090","title":"Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England; Being a Collection of Documents Illustrating the History of Science in this Country before the Norman Conquest (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108043090","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLeechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing a Collection of Documents Illustrating the History of Science in this Country before the Norman Conquest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating collection of texts, mostly in Old English with translations, revealing early medieval British understandings of medicine and astrology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas Oswald Cockayne (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108043090, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 November 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e498 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.73 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis three-volume work, published in 1864–6, was edited by Thomas Oswald Cockayne (1807–73), a Cambridge graduate, much-published early member of the London Philological Society, and teacher of the philologists Walter Skeat and Henry Sweet. It is a collection of writings from pre-Conquest Britain on plants, medicine and the heavens, mostly in Old English with accompanying modern English translations. The preface of Volume 3 discusses questions including the identity of the Anglo-Saxon translator of Bede's De Temporibus and the similarities between Classical and medieval dream-interpretation and divination, and the Victorian penchant for spiritualism and astrology. The texts in this volume include remedies, charms and prayers for the sick, in Latin and Old English, lists of plant names, works on solar and lunar calendars and horoscopes, and explanations of the prophetic meaning of dreams. The volume ends with some historical fragments in Old English relating to monastic foundations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Lacnunga\u003cbr\u003e Of schools of medicine\u003cbr\u003e Be eacenum wife\u003cbr\u003e Ymbe mannes gecynde\u003cbr\u003e De observatione lunae\u003cbr\u003e De somniorum eventu\u003cbr\u003e Horalogium\u003cbr\u003e Quot horas luna luceat\u003cbr\u003e De temporibus\u003cbr\u003e Charms continued\u003cbr\u003e Durham glossary of names of plants\u003cbr\u003e Saxon names of plants\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Historical fragments\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912959844632,"sku":"9781108043090","price":38.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108043090i.jpg?v=1696746579","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/leechdoms-wortcunning-and-starcraft-of-early-england-being-a-collection-of-documents-illustrating-the-history-of-science-in-this-country-before-the-norman-conquest-paperback-9781108043090","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}