The herbal of Apuleius Barbarus from the early twelfth-century manuscript formerly in the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds (MS. Bodley 130)
described by T. Gunther M.A., L.L.D., F.L.S., F.R.G.S
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Latin English |
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Oxford :
[Oxford University Press],
1925.
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| Series: | Roxburghe Club ; [182?] |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii,148 p. : ill, facsims, line drawings ; 28 cm (4to). |
| General note: | "Printed for the Roxburghe Club". "Written in England about A.D. 1100 ... [The] earliest Herbal believed to have been written and illustrated in this country". (Intr. and Descr; pxiii.) Dedicated and presented to the President and members of the Roxburghe Club by Edward George Spencer Churchill, 1925. Formerly ascribed to L. Apuleius Madaurensis; now believed to be of much later date, probably a Latin compilation of the fifth century. Based on the works of Dioscorides and Pliny. (The Herbarium of Apuleius; pxix) Includes facsims of the original manuscript: p1-96. Page nos.68-75 omitted in paging. Printer details from reverse of half title page. With half title page. |
| Language note: | Herbal text in Latin; commentaries in English. |
| Immediate source of acquisition note: | Donation; Spencer-Churchill, E.G 06.03.1926. |
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