My list of resources for plants, plantlore and medicine for this project is below. I will keep this sheet updated, and add the link to each blog post as needed. (UPDATED: June 29, 2022.)
Arsdall, Anne Van. Medieval Herbal Remedies: The Old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon Medicine, Routledge, 2010.
Black, Maggie. The Medieval Cookbook, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2012.
Bremness, Lesley. Herbs, Dorling Kindersley, 1994.
Collins, Minta. Medieval Herbals: The Illustrative Tradtions, The British Library, 2000.
Dave’s Garden, Plant Files, davesgarden.com
Dictionary of Old English Plant Names, 2007-2022. http://oldenglish-plantnames.org/preface
Frantzen, Allen J. Food, Eating and Identity in Early Medieval England, The Boydell Press, 2014.
Hoffman, David. The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal, Element, 1996.
Kiple, Kenneth F. The Cambridge World History of Food, Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Kiple, Kenneth F. The Cambridge World History of Food, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Henisch, Bridget A. The Medieval Cook, The Boydell Press, 2009.
Hoffman, David. The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal, Element, 1996.
Hozeski, Bruce W. Hildegarde’s Healing Plants from her Medieval Classic Physica, Beacon Press Books, 2001.
Landsberg, Sylvia. The Medieval Garden, University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Lonicer, Adam. Kreuterbuch, kunstliche Conterfeytunge der Bäume, Stauden, Kreuter, Getreyde, Gewürtze, was printed in Franfort by Christian Engenolph, 1587. (Additional versions of this book were still being printed into the 18th century.)
Mabey, Richard and Michael McIntyre. The New Age Herbalist, Collier Books, 1998.
Matterer, James L. Tacuinum Sanitatis in “Gode Cookery”, 2009. http://www.godecookery.com/tacuin/tacuin.htm
McKerracher, Anglo-Saxon Crops and Weeds, Archaeopress Publishing, 2019
Meyer, J. E. The Herbalist, Meyer, 1960.
National Audubon Society. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Knopf, 2001.
Peterson, Lee and Roger Tory Peterson. A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America, Houghton Mifflin, 1978.
Petrides, George A. and Janet Wehr. Peterson Guides - A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada, Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Plantnet.org. Plant identification application.
Pollington, Stephen. Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healting, Anglo-Saxon Books, 2011.
Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus (4th Century CE), 1428-1500, Publisher - Johannes Philippus de Lignamine, 1428-1500. Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/365881
Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus (4th Century CE), Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1431, 1070-1100, Canterbury, Digital Bodleian. https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/98127ed0-4bde-41e0-a93a-98a185b01de8/surfaces/3ec57965-769e-4ed2-8573-16fe862c7d49/
Sullivan, Karen. The Complete Family Guide to Natural Home Remedies, Element, 1997.
Touwaide, Alain and Peter Dendle. Health and Healing from the Medieval Garden, 2008.
The Tudor Pattern Book, Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1504.
Wildflower.org. Plant Database, The University of Texas at Austin.
Arsdall, Anne Van. Medieval Herbal Remedies: The Old English Herbarium and Anglo-Saxon Medicine, Routledge, 2010.
Black, Maggie. The Medieval Cookbook, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2012.
Bremness, Lesley. Herbs, Dorling Kindersley, 1994.
Collins, Minta. Medieval Herbals: The Illustrative Tradtions, The British Library, 2000.
Dave’s Garden, Plant Files, davesgarden.com
Dictionary of Old English Plant Names, 2007-2022. http://oldenglish-plantnames.org/preface
Frantzen, Allen J. Food, Eating and Identity in Early Medieval England, The Boydell Press, 2014.
Hoffman, David. The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal, Element, 1996.
Kiple, Kenneth F. The Cambridge World History of Food, Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Kiple, Kenneth F. The Cambridge World History of Food, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Henisch, Bridget A. The Medieval Cook, The Boydell Press, 2009.
Hoffman, David. The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal, Element, 1996.
Hozeski, Bruce W. Hildegarde’s Healing Plants from her Medieval Classic Physica, Beacon Press Books, 2001.
Landsberg, Sylvia. The Medieval Garden, University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Lonicer, Adam. Kreuterbuch, kunstliche Conterfeytunge der Bäume, Stauden, Kreuter, Getreyde, Gewürtze, was printed in Franfort by Christian Engenolph, 1587. (Additional versions of this book were still being printed into the 18th century.)
Mabey, Richard and Michael McIntyre. The New Age Herbalist, Collier Books, 1998.
Matterer, James L. Tacuinum Sanitatis in “Gode Cookery”, 2009. http://www.godecookery.com/tacuin/tacuin.htm
McKerracher, Anglo-Saxon Crops and Weeds, Archaeopress Publishing, 2019
Meyer, J. E. The Herbalist, Meyer, 1960.
National Audubon Society. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Knopf, 2001.
Peterson, Lee and Roger Tory Peterson. A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America, Houghton Mifflin, 1978.
Petrides, George A. and Janet Wehr. Peterson Guides - A Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada, Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Plantnet.org. Plant identification application.
Pollington, Stephen. Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healting, Anglo-Saxon Books, 2011.
Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus (4th Century CE), 1428-1500, Publisher - Johannes Philippus de Lignamine, 1428-1500. Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/365881
Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus (4th Century CE), Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1431, 1070-1100, Canterbury, Digital Bodleian. https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/98127ed0-4bde-41e0-a93a-98a185b01de8/surfaces/3ec57965-769e-4ed2-8573-16fe862c7d49/
Sullivan, Karen. The Complete Family Guide to Natural Home Remedies, Element, 1997.
Touwaide, Alain and Peter Dendle. Health and Healing from the Medieval Garden, 2008.
The Tudor Pattern Book, Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1504.
Wildflower.org. Plant Database, The University of Texas at Austin.
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