Manuscript contexts and the transmission of the Agnus Castus herbal in MS Sloane 3160

IF 0.1 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

International Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2019-09-12 DOI:10.17811/selim.24.2019.157-172

María José Esteve Ramos

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Abstract

MS Sloane 3160 is a miscellaneous volume containing one copy of the herbal Agnus Castus in Middle English. Traditionally, editions focused on texts in isolation and did not look in detail to the rest of the material, diminishing the potential of manuscript contexts in explaining how texts flow and are received by a specific audience. If we consider these groupings of texts a collective product in which all the co-texts are part of an internal dialogue, the importance of looking at the whole volume from a collective perspective becomes paramount in understanding the final aim of the compiler, and the processes of transmission of text and/or texts. The objective of this article has been to study the arrangement of the material contained in MS Sloane 3160 as a starting point to frame future comparison with manuscripts containing the same herbal. The results point to the identification of patterns which would confirm the “anthologistic impulse” (Lerer 2000). The structure of this manuscript would contain a spectrum of the most important areas that would cover the contents of a typical vademecum of the time, including religious texts, but more studies are needed in order to be able to assess these contexts in medical miscellanies. The impact and transmission of the Agnus Castus herbal needs to be studied collectively, and assessing the manuscript contexts in which the text is naturally embedded points to the right direction in understanding all the processes therein.Keywords: miscellanea; Middle English; medical manuscripts; Agnus Castus

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手稿上下文和在MS斯隆3160中传播的蓖麻草药

MS Sloane 3160是一本杂项卷，其中包含一本中世纪英语草药Agnus Castus的副本。传统上，各版本侧重于孤立的文本，而不详细考察其他材料，从而削弱了手稿上下文在解释文本如何流动和被特定受众接受方面的潜力。如果我们将这些文本分组视为一个集体的产物，其中所有的共同文本都是内部对话的一部分，那么从集体的角度看待整个卷的重要性对于理解编译者的最终目的以及文本和/或文本的传播过程就变得至关重要。本文的目的是研究MS斯隆3160中所含材料的排列，作为一个起点，以框架未来与含有相同草药的手稿进行比较。研究结果指向了确认“选集冲动”模式的识别(Lerer 2000)。这份手稿的结构将包含一系列最重要的领域，这些领域将涵盖当时典型的百科全书的内容，包括宗教文本，但需要更多的研究，以便能够在医学杂记中评估这些背景。蓖麻草药的影响和传播需要集体研究，评估文本自然嵌入的手稿上下文为理解其中的所有过程指明了正确的方向。关键词:杂集;中古英语;医疗的手稿;Agnus Castus

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International Journal of English Studies LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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1.10

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30 weeks

期刊介绍： The International Journal of English Studies (IJES) is a double-blind peer review journal which seeks to reflect the newest research in the general field of English Studies: English Language and Linguistics, Applied English Linguistics, Literature in English and Cultural studies of English-speaking countries. We will give preference to keeping the balance amongst the areas and subareas belonging to English Studies whenever possible.