Shelfmark
P.Rox.1925
Author
Apuleius Barbarus.
Title
The Herbal of Apuleius Barbarus : from the early twelfth-century manuscript formerly in the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds (Ms. Bodley 130) / described by Robert T. Gunther.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, M CM XXV [1925].
Physical description
xxxvi p., [95] p. of plates, [99]-148 p., [7] plates : ill., facsim. ; 28 cm
Series statement
(Roxburghe Club)
Note
Facsimiles pages 68-75 omitted.
Note
Presented to the Club by Edward George Spencer-Churchill.
Note
Title-page in red and black.
Note
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 (cf. p. xix).
Note
A facsimile edition of the Herbal, with letterpress introduction and appendices.
Note
Dark brown leather half-binding over cloth covered boards.
Provenance
M. R. James's copy.
Provenance
Eton College Library armorial bookplate.
Provenance
Loosely inserted TLS from Charles Singer to the Provost [M. R. James] regarding the original manuscript at the Bodleian, dated June 8th 1923.
Subject
Medicine, Medieval.
Subject
Botany Pre-Linnean works.
Subject
Manuscripts, Latin Facsimiles.
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James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 former owner.
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England Oxford.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B44592