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The Old English Herbals
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The Old English Herbals
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One cannot read Bald's manuscript without being struck by his remarkable knowledge of native plants and garden herbs. We are inferior to our continental neighbours in so many arts that it is pleasant to find that in the ancient art of gardening and in their knowledge of herbs our Saxon forefathers excelled. It has been pointed out by eminent authorities that the Anglo-Saxons had names for, and used, a far larger number of plants than the continental nations. In the Herbarium of Apuleius, including the additions from Dioscorides, only 185 plants are mentioned, and this was one of the standard works of the early Middle Ages. In the Herbarius of 1484, the earliest herbal printed in Germany, only 150 plants are recorded, and in the German Herbarius of 1485 there are 380. But from various sources it has been computed that the Anglo-Saxons had names for, and used, at least 500 plants.
| Author: Eleanour Sinclair Rohde |
| Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Mar 25, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 250 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1544712529 |
| ISBN-13: 9781544712529 |
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