Plant Names of Medieval England

by Tony Hunt

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` Compiled with great care, cautious in its claims and rich with suggestions for further scholarship; will be of great value to lexicographers and all students of medieval medicine and botany.' PAULINE THOMPSON, NOTES AND QUERIES

`...compiled with great care, cautious in its claims and rich with suggestions for further scholarship...' NOTES AND QUERIES
The first reference work on the botanical language of the English middle ages to appear inprint. Covering approximately 1800 names, applied to some six hundred species, and including over five hundred names not recorded in the OED, it is an indispensable reference work and a comprehensive guide to the bibliography of the subject. Lexicologistswill find a wealth of new material.
  • ISBN10 0859912736
  • ISBN13 9780859912730
  • Publish Date 2 March 1989
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • Imprint D.S. Brewer
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 390
  • Language English