Popular Treatises on Science Written during the Middle Ages, in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and English

This unique work provides a window into the popular-level science of the Middle Ages. It brings together three scientific treatises written in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman, as well as an English fragment from an early metrical collection of lives of the saints—the earliest piece of its kind that has been found in the English language. In addition to providing the original-language texts, this volume includes modern English translations.