The Old English Herbals

Name: The Old English Herbals
Author: Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair

Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair

Botanical literature; Botany -- Great Britain -- History; Herbals; Herbs -- Bibliography

_15th century._ A treatise on the virtues of Herbs;
    beginning "Agnus castus ys Anglice herbe that men cally the
    tutsayne or ells parkelenus."

                                             Ashmole 1432 (V. i).

  _Mid 15th century._ Herbal with book of recipes.

    _Inc._ "Agnus castus is an herbe."

                                                Bodleian 463 (A).

  _15th century._ Liber de Herbarum virtutibus.

    _Inc._ "Agnus castus ys an herbe that cleepeth Toussane."

                                    Laud Misc. 553 (i). Bodleian.

  _15th century._ An Herbal with the properties of the
    different herbs in alphabetical order, with a table
    prefixed.

    _Inc._ "Agnus castus ys an herbe that me clapys Tustans or
    Porke levys."

                                    329. Balliol College, Oxford.

  _15th (?) century._ "An English Herbal."

    Begins, "Agnus Castus," etc.

                              Harleian 3840 (II). British Museum.

  _15th century._ A treatise on the virtues of herbs.

    Begins, "A bed ymade of Agnus Castus."

                              Sloane 297 (XVIII). British Museum.

  _15th century._ Latin-English dictionary of herbs.

    _Inc._ "Alleluya Wodsoure stubwort."

    _Expl._ "Quinquefolium fyveleved gras."

                  Dd. XI. 45 (XII). Cambridge University Library.

  _15th century._ A book of the medical virtues of herbs,
    described in alphabetical order.

    _Inc._ "Anet ys an herbe that ys clepyt anet oþer dylle."

    _Expl._ "doyth a way the fowȝe or the fragelys."

                                            Ashmole 1447 (IV. i).

  _15th century._ "Yes ben y{e} vertuse of betayn."

                                          Ashmole 1438 (II. vii).

  _15th century._ A treatise of the virtues of certain herbs.
    Begins, "Betaigne is hot and drie in þre degrees, and so
    seyth Ypocras, and it is an herbe of many faire vertues."

                                              Ashmole 1438 (XXV).

  _15th century._ Aemilius Macer. De virtutibus herbarum. (In
    French, Latin and English.)

                                     Digby 29 (XXXVII). Bodleian.

  _15th century._ Of the virtues of herbs--seemingly out of
    Macer. The following verse is prefixed:

        "This booke ys drawe be fesyke
        That Macer made for hem that ben seeke
        The vertu of herbis hēt descrieth ryght wel
        And help of mannys helthe every del."

                              Sloane 963 (XVIII). British Museum.

  _15th century._ Macer on the virtues of herbs.

    _Inc._ "Mugworte or brotheworte is clepid Arthemisia."

    _Exp._ "drynkys juse of thys erbe."

               Ee. I. 15 (III_a_). University Library, Cambridge.

  _15th century._ Macer. "Vertues worthe & commendable
    propertees of many & diverse herbes." In three books.

                                       Rawl. C. 81 (V). Bodleian.

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The Old English Herbals

Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair

Botanical literature; Botany -- Great Britain -- History; Herbals; Herbs -- Bibliography

_15th century._ A treatise on the virtues of Herbs;
    beginning "Agnus castus ys Anglice herbe that men cally the
    tutsayne or ells parkelenus."

                                             Ashmole 1432 (V. i).

  _Mid 15th century._ Herbal with book of recipes.

    _Inc._ "Agnus castus is an herbe."

                                                Bodleian 463 (A).

  _15th century._ Liber de Herbarum virtutibus.

    _Inc._ "Agnus castus ys an herbe that cleepeth Toussane."

                                    Laud Misc. 553 (i). Bodleian.

  _15th century._ An Herbal with the properties of the
    different herbs in alphabetical order, with a table
    prefixed.

    _Inc._ "Agnus castus ys an herbe that me clapys Tustans or
    Porke levys."

                                    329. Balliol College, Oxford.

  _15th (?) century._ "An English Herbal."

    Begins, "Agnus Castus," etc.

                              Harleian 3840 (II). British Museum.

  _15th century._ A treatise on the virtues of herbs.

    Begins, "A bed ymade of Agnus Castus."

                              Sloane 297 (XVIII). British Museum.

  _15th century._ Latin-English dictionary of herbs.

    _Inc._ "Alleluya Wodsoure stubwort."

    _Expl._ "Quinquefolium fyveleved gras."

                  Dd. XI. 45 (XII). Cambridge University Library.

  _15th century._ A book of the medical virtues of herbs,
    described in alphabetical order.

    _Inc._ "Anet ys an herbe that ys clepyt anet oþer dylle."

    _Expl._ "doyth a way the fowȝe or the fragelys."

                                            Ashmole 1447 (IV. i).

  _15th century._ "Yes ben y{e} vertuse of betayn."

                                          Ashmole 1438 (II. vii).

  _15th century._ A treatise of the virtues of certain herbs.
    Begins, "Betaigne is hot and drie in þre degrees, and so
    seyth Ypocras, and it is an herbe of many faire vertues."

                                              Ashmole 1438 (XXV).

  _15th century._ Aemilius Macer. De virtutibus herbarum. (In
    French, Latin and English.)

                                     Digby 29 (XXXVII). Bodleian.

  _15th century._ Of the virtues of herbs--seemingly out of
    Macer. The following verse is prefixed:

        "This booke ys drawe be fesyke
        That Macer made for hem that ben seeke
        The vertu of herbis hēt descrieth ryght wel
        And help of mannys helthe every del."

                              Sloane 963 (XVIII). British Museum.

  _15th century._ Macer on the virtues of herbs.

    _Inc._ "Mugworte or brotheworte is clepid Arthemisia."

    _Exp._ "drynkys juse of thys erbe."

               Ee. I. 15 (III_a_). University Library, Cambridge.

  _15th century._ Macer. "Vertues worthe & commendable
    propertees of many & diverse herbes." In three books.

                                       Rawl. C. 81 (V). Bodleian.

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The Old English Herbals

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