As discussed in the preface, scholars have long overlooked utilitarian volumes in their work with Middle English texts, preferring instead analysis of literary achievements. This volume is part
of a recent change in focus as it explores medical recipes found in Miscellanea Medica XVI, which is found in the Wellcome Library of London. The first chapter analyzes the manuscript from a
codicological and palaeographic perspective. Thus it looks at physical features of the volume such as material, dimensions, ink, quiring and binding along with analysis of the scribe’s
handwriting. The second chapter provides a linguistic profile of the text, along with an inflectional morphology. Following a digitized image, the text itself proceeds for 74 pages. The volume
closes with a 51 page glossary of Middle English terms found in MS Wellcome 542. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
