1st Edition
Approaching the Middle English Equine Veterinary Treatises
By Kelly-Anne Gilbertson
Copyright 2027
146 Pages
by
Routledge
This book presents ways of working with the four extant Middle English treatises on horses and horse care, namely “Medicines for Horses,” “The Boke of Marchalsi,” “Sloane Treatise on Horse,” and “Horse-Leeching.”
The first chapter addresses the treatises as a collection, showing how they follow from an older European tradition, and explores what these texts suggest about the state of veterinary... Read more
List of Tables
Part I: The Records
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Records
Chapter 2: The Sources
Part II: The Case Studies
Chapter 3:Case Study I – Treatises and their Witnesses
Chapter 4: Case Study II – Equine Medical Recipes and Specialist Language
Index
Biography
Kelly-Anne Gilbertson completed her PhD in Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol in 2017. Since then, she has continued her work with Middle English manuscripts, and produced an edition of the treatise Medicines for Horses in 2026. She is currently a Research Associate at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
