Add to ORKGBy Theresa Tyers ‘Mystery, magic and medicine: in the beginning they were one and the same’ so begins Howard Haggard's 1930s book on the rise of scientific medicine.[1] Exploring medieval manuscripts reveals how magical recipes, charms, amulets and ritual healing all formed part of the everyday ‘medicine chest’ of treatments which were intended to deal with a myriad of conditions. Vernacular plant names are fascinating they can be a key to their uses, for example consoude or bonewort, toutsa..
Three Anglo-Saxon manuscripts reporting medicinal formulations in England from the tenth century sur...
Herbal medicine has accompanied man since the dawn of time. For various ailments and health problems...
Throughout History, every society has given names to the plants by following different rules. In Al-...
With so many names to coordinate, it is not surprising that medieval herbals are full of pseudo-syn...
This study examines thirteen English vernacular medical texts, dating from approximately the tenth t...
The officina was the building, usually an out-building, in medieval monasteries where medical monks ...
makes some interesting points regarding the manuscript traditions that include alternative names for...
The Old English plant-name, hæwenhnydele, occurs in herbal and medical texts and in glossaries conta...
With questions and answers on plant roots written in gold ink on black paper, this 17th century trea...
The information about herbs’ medicinal properties is ample in traditional manuscripts, some of which...
The earliest indications of medicinal plant use by humans were found in the Middle East and date bac...
By Véronique Soreau Charms are incantations or magic spells, chanted, recited, or written. Used to c...
Fol. 53-55 Genera names and their ethymologies On the etymology of plant genera names derived from ...
Background: Mandrake (Mandragora spp.) is one of the most famous medicinal plant in western cultures...
The science and philosophy of the ancient Greek world was made available to medieval Europe largely ...
Three Anglo-Saxon manuscripts reporting medicinal formulations in England from the tenth century sur...
Herbal medicine has accompanied man since the dawn of time. For various ailments and health problems...
Throughout History, every society has given names to the plants by following different rules. In Al-...
With so many names to coordinate, it is not surprising that medieval herbals are full of pseudo-syn...
This study examines thirteen English vernacular medical texts, dating from approximately the tenth t...
The officina was the building, usually an out-building, in medieval monasteries where medical monks ...
makes some interesting points regarding the manuscript traditions that include alternative names for...
The Old English plant-name, hæwenhnydele, occurs in herbal and medical texts and in glossaries conta...
With questions and answers on plant roots written in gold ink on black paper, this 17th century trea...
The information about herbs’ medicinal properties is ample in traditional manuscripts, some of which...
The earliest indications of medicinal plant use by humans were found in the Middle East and date bac...
By Véronique Soreau Charms are incantations or magic spells, chanted, recited, or written. Used to c...
Fol. 53-55 Genera names and their ethymologies On the etymology of plant genera names derived from ...
Background: Mandrake (Mandragora spp.) is one of the most famous medicinal plant in western cultures...
The science and philosophy of the ancient Greek world was made available to medieval Europe largely ...
Three Anglo-Saxon manuscripts reporting medicinal formulations in England from the tenth century sur...
Herbal medicine has accompanied man since the dawn of time. For various ailments and health problems...
Throughout History, every society has given names to the plants by following different rules. In Al-...