The Guild Book of the Barbers and Surgeons of York (British Library, Egerton MS 2572) (eBook, PDF)

Study and Edition
Redaktion: Wragg, Richard D.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A new exploration of the secular manuscripts and medieval medical texts associated with the York Guild and its members.

Produced in 1486 and subsequently augmented, the Guild Book of the Barbers and Surgeons of York (British Library Egerton MS 2572) is a unique record of the knowledge, ambitions, activities and civic relationships maintained by the Barbers and Surgeons Guild over a period of 300 years. The manuscript's earliest folios contain images, astrological tracts, a plague treatise and a bloodletting poem. To these were added early modern ordinances and oaths, a series of royal portraits, and the names of the Guild's masters and apprentices. It is a rare survival of late medieval medical knowledge placed within a civic context.

This new multi-disciplinary examination of the York Guild Book presents a comprehensive edition of its content and a detailed study of the creation and use of this fascinating manuscript. The York Guild Book was not owned by any one person but was intended to be representative of the types of manuscripts the Guild's members might have individually possessed. The Guild's commission elevated their manuscript's functional content into something which could be proudly owned and displayed, as is demonstrated by the stylishly executed pen and ink drawings, two of which are possibly unique. Through a contextualisation of the form and content of the manuscript, the book articulates ideas about material culture and the ceremonial role of secular manuscripts whilst shedding new light on the dissemination and status of medieval medical texts.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, D ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sort of Books
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800102729
• Artikelnr.: 63205163

Autorenporträt

Richard D. Wragg

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1
The Guild Book of the Barbers and Surgeons of York 2 The Manuscript and the
Civic Context 3 The Medieval Core: Calendar, Images and Charts 4 The
Medieval Core: Texts 5 The Early Modern Use of the Book Conclusion Edition
of the Guild Book Appendix 1: Description of the Manuscript Appendix 2:
Collations Appendix 3: Analysis of Parchment Folios Appendix 4: Analysis of
Paper Folios Appendix 5: Witness to the Bloodletting Poem Appendix 6: Names
Entered into the Guild Book Bibliography Index