Liber Uricrisiarum : a reading edition / Henry Daniel ; E. Ruth Harvey and M. Teresa Tavormina, general editors ; with Sarah Star, Jessica Henderson, and C.E.M. Henderson, associate editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniel, Henry (Medical writer), author.

Contributor:

Harvey, E. Ruth, editor.

Tavormina, M. Teresa (Mary Teresa), 1951- editor.

Star, Sarah, editor.

Henderson, Jessica, editor.

Henderson, C. E. M., editor.

University of Toronto. Library, Funder.

Language:

English

English, Middle (1100-1500)

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 511 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Liber Uricrisiarum

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

Text in Middle English.

Summary:

"The introduction situates the text and its author in their medical, intellectual, linguistic, and bibliographic contexts, outlining the uroscopic tradition to which Daniel contributes, and describing the relationships among the many manuscripts containing the Liber Uricrisiarum. This edition presents the Middle English text, with a general glossary, glossary of proper names, and explanatory notes that explain obscure words and phrases and identify Daniel's sources. It also includes the complete set of diagrams contained in the Royal manuscript; appendices providing the Latin and English versions of the prologue and epilogue; an extensive translation from one of Daniel's important sources, Isaac Israeli's De urinis; tables relevant to Daniel's astronomical measurements; and an analysis of the Royal manuscript's dialect. Cumulatively, the edition and apparatus introduce readers to an important yet understudied text, the details of which will have significant impact on studies of medieval medicine and science, intellectual history, and Middle English language and literature."-- From publisher's website.

"Henry Daniel's Liber Uricrisiarum is the earliest known work of academic medicine written in Middle English, presented here for the first time in a complete edition. Working in the late 1370s, Daniel combined authoritative medicine from written sources with his own personal experience, creating a text that stands out for its linguistic originality, intellectual scope, and wide circulation. Extant in over three dozen manuscript witnesses and two early modern print copies, Liber Uricrisiarum describes medieval humoral theory, anatomy, physiology, disease, medical astronomy, reproductive processes, and more, all within the broader context of uroscopic diagnosis."-- From publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The 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

Liber Uricrisiarum. Prologue

Book 1

Book 2

Book 3

Appendices. Appendix 1: Liber Uricrisiarum prologue (Latin original)

Appendix 2: Regule Isaac (Latin original)

Appendix 3: Liber Uricrisiarum epilogue (English translation)

Appendix 4: Astronomical Measurements in Liber Uricrisiarum 2.6 and other astronomical authorities

Appendix 5: The language of the royal 17 D.i scribe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-3502-3

1-4875-3311-X

OCLC:

1337866460

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access