The 'Northern Macer': Macer Floridus de Viribus Herbarum (ME version 2)

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Manuscript, print, and LALME references:	Oxford, Bodleian Library, Add. A.106 . Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys 1661 . London, Wellcome Historical Medical Library 5650 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:	D. Moreno Olalla, Lelamour Herbal (MS Sloane 5, ff. 13r-57r): an annotated critical edition (Bern, 2018). G. R. Keiser, "Reconstructing Robert Thornton's Herbal," Medium Aevum 65.1 (1996), 35-53. Online facsimile of the manuscript, hosted by the Wellcome Library at https://wellcomecollection.org/works/rs9qgwh8 .
MED title stencils and sources:	BodAdd A.106 a1500 Macer(2) (BodAdd A.106) D. Moreno Olalla, Lelamour Herbal (MS Sloane 5, ff. 13r-57r): an annotated critical edition (Bern, 2018).Readings marked "B," pp. 221-466. Note: D. Moreno Olalla dates the hand of this section of the miscellaneous MS 'broadly..to the 1470s." Pep 1661 c1450 Macer(2) (Pep 1661) D. Moreno Olalla, Lelamour Herbal (MS Sloane 5, ff. 13r-57r): an annotated critical edition (Bern, 2018).Readings marked "P," pp. 221-466. Note: D. Moreno Olalla: [written] "during the mid-fifteenth century by several hands working in stints during a short period of time." Wel 5650 c1405 Macer(2) (Wel 5650) D. Moreno Olalla, Lelamour Herbal (MS Sloane 5, ff. 13r-57r): an annotated critical edition (Bern, 2018).Readings marked "W," pp. 221-466. Note: D. Moreno Olalla dates the hand to ca. 1390-1400. c1405 Macer(2) (Wel 5650) G. R. Keiser, "Reconstructing Robert Thornton's Herbal," Medium Aevum 65.1 (1996), 35-53.Excerpts marked "W". c1405 *Macer(2) (Wel 5650) Online facsimile of the manuscript, hosted by the Wellcome Library at https://wellcomecollection.org/works/rs9qgwh8 .Section entitled 'Herbal,' ff. 29r-40v.