Wyrtig

Wyrtig

OE wyrtig, adj: Garden-like, full of plants;
On anum wyrtige hamme, Homl. Skt. ii. 30:312.

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Manuscript Sources: Plants 800-1300 CE

Century	Resource	Manuscript 9^th century, 800-899 CE	URL
9^th century	Lacnunga Liber medicinalis de virtutibus herbarum (ff. 130-193)	British Library Harley 585	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
9^th century	Hrabanus Maurus (ca. 780-856) De Universo, Book 19 Hrabanus was an abbot of Fulda, then Archbishop of Mainz, studied under Alcuin, teacher of Walahfrid Strabo	British Library Royal MS 12 G. xiv Oxford Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 746	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Royal 12 G. xiv ) Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
Century	Resource	Manuscript 10^th century, 900-999 CE	URL
955-1010	Aelfric - grammar, glossary, colloquy	Bloomington, Indiana, Lilly Add. 10000 Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 449 Cambridge, Trinity College, R. 9. 17 (819) Durham, Cathedral, B. III. 32 British Library Cotton Faustina A.x British Library Harley 107 British Library Harley 2110 British Library Harley 3271 British Library Harley 5915, fols 8-9 (fragments); f 13 British Library Cotton Julius A. ii Oxford, All Souls College, 38, fols 1-12 (with BL, British Library 12. G. xii) Oxford, St Johns 154 Paris BN, Anglais 67 British Library Royal 12. G. xii, fols 2-9 (with Oxford, All Souls College, 38) British Library Royal 15. B. xxii Worcester, CL F. 174	Catalogue of English Manuscripts 1060 to 1220 British Library Cotton Faustina A.x MS in the British Library [Cotton] Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
10^th century	Sextus Placitus Liber medicinae ex animalibus	British Library Harley 585 (ff. 106v-114v)	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
10^th century	Dioscorides, Pedanios De herbis femininis and Curae herbarum His De materia medica dates to 4th century	British Library Harley 585 (ff. 66v-101v)	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
10^th century	Bede De Natura Rerum	British Library Harley 3091	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
10^th century	Leechbook	British Library Royal 12D XVII	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
10^th century	Henry of Huntingdon De herbis	British Library, Sloane MS 3468, fols 31-105 Prague, Knihovna metropolitni kapituly M. VI (cat. 1359), fols 1-47	http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ Henry+of+Huntingdon+as+poet%3a +the+De+herbis+rediscovered. -a0143302672
10^th century	Peri Didaxeon (Saxon translation)	British Library Harley 6258	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
Century	Resource	Manuscript 11^th century, 1000-1099 CE	URL
11^th century	Antonius Musa De herba Betonica	Oxford, Corpus Christi College CLXXXIX	Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
11^th century	Incipiunt Capites libri medicinalis	Oxford Bodleian, Payne 62	Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
11^th century	Aelfric Grammar, "Incipiunt nomina multarum rerum Anglice"	Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 449	Aelfric, CCCC 449
11^th century	Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium Apuleii Platonici originally dates to 5th century	British Library Harley 1585 British Library Cott Vit C III Oxford Ashmole 1431 Oxford MS Bodl 130 (Bury St. Edmunds)	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585) Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
Century	Resource	Manuscript 12th century, 1100-1199 CE	URL
12^th century	Pseudo-Antonius Musa	British Library Harley 5294	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
12^th century	Circa instans vel de simplicibus medicinis Matthaeus Platearius (d. 1161) Originating at the School of Salerno, Italy, Europe’s leading medical center, Platearius wrote Circa Instans, a textbook of simples or primary ingredients used to make medicines; based on Dioscorides	Cambridge, Trinity College O.8.23 Medica, II.f.1	Circa instans, Trinity College Search all Trinity College MSS
12^th century	Dioscorides, Pedanios Dioscorides de virtutibus herbarum His De materia medica dates to 4th century	Cambridge, Trinity College f.39b [De herbis feminis] Cambridge, Jesus College British Library Sloane 1044 f35 (leaf)	Search all Trinity College MSS British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585) British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
12^th century	Henry [of Huntingdon] on herbs Exceptiones de libro Henrici de herbis variis	Oxford Bodleian, Digby 13 (VIII)	Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
12^th century	Macer De viribus herbarum De virtutibus herbarum Author may be 11th century scholar Odo de Meung	British Library Harley 1585 British Library Harley 4346 British Library Sloane 84 British Library Harley 3737 ff. 2-255 Oxford Boldeian Digby 4 (XI) Lincoln Cathedral Library	MSS in Oxford's Bodlleian Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
12^th century	Alexander Nequam (1157-1217) De naturis rerum De laudibus divinae sapientiae	Oxford Corpus Christi MS 45 British Library Harley 3737	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585) Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38) Scribe: De Naturis
12^th century	Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium Apuleii Platonici originally dates to 5th century	British Library Harley 5294 British Library Harley 4986 Library of Eton College British Library Sloane 1975 Oxford MS Hatton 76 Oxford MS Oxford Ashmole 1462	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585) Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
12^th century	Dioscorides, Pedanios De herbis femininis His De materia medica dates to 4th century	British Library Sloane 1975 British Library Harley 5294	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
12^th century	Sextus Placitus De medicina ex animalibus	British Library Sloane 1975 British Library Harley 5294	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
Century	Resource	Manuscript 13^th century, 1200-1299 CE	URL
13^th century	Antonius Musa Antonii Musæ libellus de virtutibus herbæ betonicæ	Oxford Ashmole 1462 (VIII) Oxford	Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
13^th century	Antonius Musa Epistola antonii muse ad agrippam de herba betonica	Cambridge Gonville and Caius
13^th century	Circa instans Le livre de toutes herbes appele “Circa instans”	British Library Sloane 1977 British Library Sloane 3525	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
13^th century	Four books on the medicine of Hipporates… and many herbs In hoc continentur libri quattuor medicine Ypocrates Platonis Apoliensis urbis de diversis herbis	Oxford Ashmole 14 British L62 (I)	Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38) British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
13^th century	Macer De viribus herbarum Author may be 11th century scholar Odo de Meung	Cambridge Corpus Christi 438 (III) British Library Arundel 283 (I) Oxford Ashmole (1398 II v) Cambridge University Library Ee VI 39 II Library of Lord Clifden, Lanhydrock, Cornwall British Library 12 B British Library 12 E XXIII (III) Oxford, MS Hatton 29	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585) Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
13^th century	Circa Instans De simplicibus medicinis	Oxford Balliol College 505 (II 2) Cambridge Corpus Christi College	Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
13^th century	On the nature of herbs De Naturis Herbarum	British Library Royal 8c IX (X)	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
13^th century	On the virtues of herbs De virtutibus herbarum rhythmice	British Library Sloane 146 (III)	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
13^th century	Platearius, Simples Circa Instans, De simplici medicina	Oxford All Souls College Oxford Ashmole 1428 (II) Oxford Bodley 76 I Cambridge Peterhouse College Cambridge Trinity College	Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
13^th century	Pseudo-Apuleius Herboralium Apuleii Platonis, names of herbs glossed in English Herbarium Apuleii Platonici originally dates to 5th century Synopsis Herboralii Apuleii	Cambridge Gonville and Caius College Oxford Ashmole 1462 (IX) Oxford Ashmole 1462 (III)	Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
13^th century	Summary of herbs De collectione herbarum	British Library Arundel 369 (II)	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)
13^th century	The properties of herbs De proprietate herbarum	Laud Latin 86 (XIII) Bodleian	Oxford MSS (search by MS name and number, such as All Souls 38)
13^th century	Verses with 19 lines on various herbs	British Library Royal 12 c VI (VI)	British Library Catalog of MSS (search by MS name and number, such as Harley 585)

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F.D. Drewitt

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