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The Middle English Circa instans : A Pharmacopoeia from Glasgow, University Library, MS Hunter 307

2015; Brepols; Volume: 59; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1484/j.mss.5.105580

2031-0226

Laura Esteban‐Segura,

Medieval Literature and History

This article discusses and presents an edition of a Middle English pharmacopoeia based on the Latin Circa instans, which is found in Glasgow, University Library, MS Hunter 307 (U.7.1), fols. 167r–172v. The Circa instans survives in many copies and languages, but the Middle English version has been virtually unexplored and no text of it has been edited previously. The current study contributes to our knowledge of the diffusion and transmission of the Circa instans in England and to the history of medicine in the Middle Ages.