Anonymous, Materia Medica (ca 1558 - ca 1600)
Date
1558ca
1600ca
Author
Book title
Materia Medica
Transcription source
British Library Royal MS 12.B.VII
Text type
manuscript
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
- herbal
- Latin
- medicine
Summary
(a) Latin-English dictionary of simples (2v-33v); (b) English-Latin dictionary of simples (35r-57r); (c) Latin lists of simples classified by their properties (59r-). Owned by John Lumley, baron Lumley (1534?-1609); and attributed to "Doctor Halle," presumably Dr. John Hall (1574/5?–1635), but the othe earlier John Hall may be intended (see LEME 103 [1565])
Language
headwords: (a) Latin; (b) English
explanations: (a) English; (b) Latin
explanations: (a) English; (b) Latin
explanations: (a) English; (b) Latin
explanations: (a) English; (b) Latin
Incipit
(a) Aciu<u>us</u> or Acuies: smalle basylle. <br>
(b) Astrabacke: Azarabacca, or foolefote: Asarn
Extent
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Acon: A fysshe called a shaille
Acopos: Idem quod Anagris
Agripalina: Archangell (2v)
sample: Acon: A fysshe called a shaille
Acopos: Idem quod Anagris
Agripalina: Archangell (2v)
Ashe tode: fraxinus.
Aspe tree: Alove or popler: Populus nigra. (35r)
Catalog
Jayne, Sears and Francis R. Johnson, eds. The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609. London: British Museum, 1956.
no. 2356
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Criticisms
Selwyn, D. G. "The Lumley Library: A Supplementary Checklist." The British Library Journal 7.2 (1981): 136-48.
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