Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore, and Healing

Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore, and Healing
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A comprehensive and detailed examination of every aspect of the early English approach to illness and healing, including a full list of the plants used and the properties they contain. Other themes include witchcraft, magic and paganism and appendices present healing theories, amulets, causes of disease, charms, dreams, omens and tree-lore. Three key Old English texts are reproduced in full, accompanied by new translations: Bald's Third Leechbook , the Lacnunga Manuscript, and 'The Old English Herbarium' Manuscript 5. This is a fascinating work of reference, packed full of information and interesting details.
Country USA
Brand Anglo-Saxon Books
Manufacturer Anglo-Saxon Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 28 b/w figs, tbs
ReleaseDate 2001-01-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781898281474

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