Fennell "Das Büchlein der Gesundheit"

A 15th-century Bavarian compendium of preventive medicine. Edited from Trieste, Biblioteca Civica Attilio Hortis, MS 2-25 by Claire V. Fennell
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-8316-7804-4
Verlag: utzverlag GmbH
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 15, 223 Seiten

Reihe: English and Beyond

This is the first complete edition of 'Das Büchlein der Gesundheit', based on Trieste, Biblioteca Civica Attilio Hortis, MS 2-25, written in a late fifteenth-century Bavarian dialect. It is an excellent representative of the popular genre of the 'regimen sanitatis', a practical compendium of predominantly preventive medicine. It consists of six tractates: Tractate I, on the four seasons, the four complexions and the twelve months of the year; Tractate II, on the non-naturals; Tractates III-V, on individual foodstuffs; Tractate VI, on mainly medicinal plants, on 'branntwein', and on fevers, dysentry, menstruation, and the plague.

Claire V. Fennell holds a PhD degree in comparative medieval literature (English, French and German) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The focus of her research is mainly on the non-fictional aspects of literature, including hunting, law and medicine. Her recent publications include the critical edition of 'A Middle English Statute-Book'. She has taught at Bologna University, with a ten-year break working for the Italian Cultural Institute in Munich, Addis Abeba and Krakow. She retired from her post at Trieste University in 2013.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fennell, Claire V.