Anglo-Saxon magic and medicine. Illustrated specially from the semi-pagan text "Lacnunga," by J. H. G. Grattan and Charles Singer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grattan, J. H. G. (John Henry Grafton), 1878-1951.

Contributor:

Singer, Charles, 1876-1960.

Series:

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Publications. New ser. ; no. 3.

Publications of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. New ser., no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.

Magic, Anglo-Saxon.

Physical Description:

xii, 234 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1952.

Contents:

A general survey of magico-medical practice in Anglo-Saxon England, by C. Singer, assisted by J. H. G. Grattan.

"Lacnunga," a magico-medical commonplace book, edited with translation, notes, glossary, etc., by J. H. G. Grattan, assisted by C. Singer.

Notes:

The text of Lacnunga is edited from British Museum ms. Harley 585.

Bibliography: page [x]

OCLC:

261741