The index of Middle English prose, handlist XI: manuscripts in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge

Regimen sanitatis is not-as was assumed-a text derived from Konrad's Regimen, but one using an identical source. A complete index of names and an extensive index of words follow the edited text, only words such as et and qui which are frequently used and do not carry meaning are not referenced completely. The index is followed by the edition of two Regimina, written in German, which Christa Hagenmeyer has shown to be the most important translations of Konrad von Eichstaitt's Regimen sanitatis with regard to its Wirkungsgeschichte. Christa Hagenmeyer's work, which contains a wealth of additional material, impressively shows that it is indispensable to see a text in the chronological continuation of its sources and its effect on subsequent literature. It is this which makes it possible to judge the author and his achievement. It is a great pity that this edition, which presents its findings in an understandable manner, has been marred by a multitude of unnecessary typographical errors (especially in the annotations) which could have been avoided by thorough proof reading. These make this edition seem negligent, which is a great shame as detailed study of the book shows that the author has painstakingly treated this subject with great care and consideration. This most recent contribution to the Index of Middle English prose, a series begun in the 1980s, lists the impressive collection of medieval prose texts in Middle English contained in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. The wealth of subjects in Trinity's extensive collection of medieval manuscripts-for example, religion, literature, chronicle, law-is well represented in the particular scope of this volume, including abundant material of special interest to scholars in the history of medicine and science: large medical and alchemical compilations, astronomical texts, and a multitude of medical and alchemical recipes. In her examination of the library's holdings, Linne R Mooney has unearthed several new or previously unascribed items in medicine and science, some of which are the only known Middle English translations: the vernacular texts of Roger Bacon's De accidentia and Albumazar's Flores, for example, fall into this group. As with other volumes in the Index, this handlist includes prose texts written between c. 1200 and c. 1500. In determining which manuscripts fall within these dates, Mooney has relied primarily, though not exclusively, on the manuscript dating established both by M R James in his catalogue of Trinity's western manuscripts and by N R Ker …