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Rosa Anglica
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Sources
MS sources for Irish translations of Rosa Anglica- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 457=23 P 20, the basis of the present text. For details, see Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 192670) vol. 2, p. 1209.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 456=23 P 10 (iii). See ISOS website (http://www.isos.dias.ie/) for catalogue description and manuscript images). Also see Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 192670) vol. 2, p. 120709.
- Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1321=H 3 2. See ISOS website (http://www.isos.dias.ie/) for catalogue description and manuscript images). Also see T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn (eds.), Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin 1921) p. 112.
- Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1318=H 2 16 (Yellow Book of Lecan). See T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn (eds.), Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin 1921) pp 94110: 1012 (Col. 437a99).
- Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1432=E 3 3 (fragment). For details see T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn (eds.), Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin 1921) p. 307.
- Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1433=E 3 30 (fragment). For details see T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn (eds.), Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin 1921) p. 309.
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, MS 20 (formerly Advocates' Library). For details see John Mackechnie (ed.), Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts in selected Libraries in Great Britain and Ireland (Boston 1973) vol. 1, p. 231, MS 6; vol. 2, p. 591.
MS sources for Latin Rosa Anglica.- Edinburgh University, 168 (Laing 180); ff. 1305, c 14.
- Oxford, Merton College, 262, ff. 1237, c 14.
- Oxford, Corpus Christi College 69, ff. 1191, c 14. late.
- Exeter Cathedral, 35.O.6, c 14., probably spurious.
- London, British Library, Sloane, 1612, ff. 125 r430v, c 14 to 15.
- London, British Library, Sloane, 134, ff. 48r169r, c 15, abbrev.
- London, British Library, Sloane, 280, ff. 9r262r, c 15.
- London, British Library, Sloane, 1067, ff. 1280v, c 15.
- London, British Library, Sloane, (Additional) 33996, ff. 148210v, c 14, imperfect.
- Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 261 ff. 1232r, c 15.
- Oxford, Bodleian, E Musaeo 146 (3619), ff. 19348v, c 15.
- Oxford, Bodleian, Bodl. 608 (2059), c 15 early, probably spurious.
Printed sources for Latin text- John of Gaddesden (Johannes de Gaddesden) (1280?1361), Rosa anglica practica medicinae. Pavia: Franciscus Girardengus and Joannes Antonius Birreta, 1492. Reprinted 1517.
- Idem, Rosa anglica practica medicinae. Venice: [Bonetus Locatellus for Heirs of Octavianus Scotus], 1502. Electronic edition of 2011 at Universitäts- u. Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf (urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-18491) available online at http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-18491.
- Idem, Joannis Anglici Praxis medica, Rosa Anglica dicta, quatuor libris distincta: de morbis particularibus, de febribus, de chirurgia, et pharmacopoeia, emendatior & in meliorem redacta ordinem / recens edita opera ac studio ... Philippi Schopffii; Augustae Vindelicorum: Typis Michaëlis Mangeri, 1595.
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Internet resources- Dictionary of the Irish Language, mainly compiled from Old and Middle Irish materials: eDIL. See http://www.dil.ie/.
- Dictionary of Irish Placenames: See http://www.logainm.ie/.
The edition used in the digital edition- Rosa Anglica seu Rosa Medicinae Johannes Anglici. An early modern Irish translation of a section of the mediaeval medical text-book of John of Gaddesden. Edited with introduction, glossary and English version.. Winifred Wulff, M. A. (ed), First edition [lviii + 434 pp.] Published for the Irish Texts Society by Simpkin, Marshall, Ltd.London ([1923] 1929) . Irish Texts Society [Comann na Sgríbheann Gaedhilge]. , No. 25
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The present text represents odd pages 5335 of the volume: Contents vii, Abbreviations ixxii, Introduction xiiilviii; Text with facing translation 5335; Vocabulary 336415; Doctors mentioned in the text 416419; Medical works quoted in the text 420; Works quoted in the text omitted from footnotes 420429; Bibliography 430434; Addenda to Vocabulary/Errata 435. Footnotes are retained and integrated into the apparatus, except where they do not provide substantial information content (e.g. 'Cf. R. A.'). Errata are integrated. The apothecary symbols used are: ounce/unsa (℥), dram/dragma/drachm (ʒ), scruple/scrubull (℈), recipe ([rx]). The English translation is available in a separate file.
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Created: The translation into Irish is extant in a number of variously dated manuscripts which may go back to earlier copies.
Date range: c.14001520?.
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Language: [GA] The text is in Early Modern Irish.
Language: [EN] The introduction and much text in the footnotes are in English.
Language: [LA] Many terms and phrases in Latin.
Language: [AS] One word is in Anglo-Saxon.
Language: [CY] One title is in Welsh.
Language: [GR] A few words are in Greek.
Language: [FR] One word is in French.
Language: [AR] The word subeth is of Arabic origin.
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