Henry Daniel

Liber Uricrisiarum

A Reading Edition
Herausgeber: Harvey, E Ruth; Star, Sarah; Tavormina, M Teresa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Henry Daniel's Liber Uricrisiarum (finished in 1379) is one of the earliest and most elaborate expositions in English of the ancient medical art of uroscopy, diagnosis by examination of urine, presented in the context of contemporary medical theory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 966g
• ISBN-13: 9781487506018
• ISBN-10: 1487506015
• Artikelnr.: 55905529

Autorenporträt

Henry Daniel was a fourteenth-century Dominican friar skilled in the medical and natural science of his time. Various manuscripts by him, both in English and Latin, are preserved in the Bodleian Library.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Sigils of Witnesses
Introduction
1. Liber Uricrisiarum in the Uroscopic Tradition
2. Henry Daniel and the Liber Uricrisiarum
3. Daniel’s Circle and Audience
4. The Manuscripts
5. A Reading Edition
6. Editorial Practice
Text
Appendices
Appendix 1: Prologue (Latin Original)
Appendix 2: Regule Isaac (Latin Original)
Appendix 3: Epilogue (English Translation)
Appendix 4: Astronomical Measurements in Bk. 2.6
Appendix 5: The Language of the Royal 17 D.i Scribe
Explanatory Notes
Glossary
Index of Proper Nouns
Works Cited