M Teresa Tavormina

The Dome of Uryne

A Reading Edition of Nine Middle English Uroscopies

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Produktbeschreibung

An edition of nine of the most widely-disseminated texts in one of the most common genres of Middle English medical writing, uroscopy (the diagnosis and prognosis of disease based on examination of patients' urine).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780198845324
• ISBN-10: 0198845324
• Artikelnr.: 56279427

Autorenporträt

M. Teresa Tavormina is Professor of English Emerita, Michigan State University. Her research interests include medieval and early modern medical texts, Piers Plowman, Chaucer, literature and medicine, and science fiction.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Figures
Manuscript Sigla
Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
I: Scope of Edition
II: Descriptions of Base Manuscripts
III: Sources and General Content
IV: Authors and Dates
V: Textual Relationships
VI: Language
VII: Editorial Principles and Practice
VIII: Bibliography
EDITIONS
The Vade Mecum Suite (Texts A-C)
A.: Twenty Colours by Digestion Groups
A.1: Unillustrated Text (Laud misc. 553)
A.2: Ring of Urines (illustrated; Gonville and Caius 336/725)
B: Urina Rufa (Laud misc. 553)
C: Cleansing of Blood (Laud misc. 553)
White-Red and White-Brown Token Lists (Texts D-F)
D.: Urine White and Red (Sloane 3542)
E: Urine White and Brown (Woman)
E.1: The Earliest Surviving Middle English Uroscopy (CCCC 388)
E.2: The Fullest Copy of the Text (BL Add. 4898)
F: Urine White and Brown (Phlegm) (Wellcome 8004)
Texts of Likely English Origin (Texts G-I)
G: Rufus Subrufus (Gonville and Caius 336/725)
H: Ten Cold Ten Hot (Sloane 213)
I: The Dome of Uryne, Expanded Version (Sloane 374)
COMMENTARIES
Textual Commentary
Medical Commentary
APPENDICES
1: The Latin Vade Mecum Suite
2: Uroscopy Text from the Lettre d'Hippocrate
3: Rufus Subrufus: Variant Prologues and Remedies
4: The Dome of Uryne: English Versions of Latin Component Texts
GLOSSARY
INDEX OF PROPER NOUNS