Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 1183
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Alonso-Almeida , Francisco and Alicia Rodríguez-Alvarez
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  • Title: The "Sekenesse of Wymmen" Revised [The authors argue that Hallaert's edition of the "Sekenesse of Wymmen" is full of misreadings and errors in expanding abbrevations].
  • Source: Manuscripta 40, 3 (November 1996): Pages 157 - 164.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Editing Texts Gynecology Hallaert, M.- The "Sekenesse of Wymmen": A Middle English Treatise on Diseases in Women (Omirel, 1982) Manuscripts
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
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  • Primary Evidence: Manuscript; New Haven, Yale Medical Library, MS 47, fols. 60r- 71v. "Sekenesse of Wymmen" written in the dialect of Leicestershire.
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00252603