Manuscript 184 (288) from the Francois-Mitterrand media library in Poitiers contains more than ten medical texts, all of which date from the pre-Salernitian period. On folios 70 - 74v there is the only known copy of Liber accipitrum by a certain Grimaldus, a collection of recipes for treating sick or injured goshawks. Nothing - or little - is known about the origin of the manuscript and the treatise. The manuscript is generally dated to around the end of the 11th century, but the treatise in question may be older, and we do not know much about Grimaldus, its (supposedly?) author. The book first places the treatise in its historical context and provides a critical edition of the treatise with a French translation and an almost exhaustive glossary. The edition is completed by lexicographical chapters devoted to the materia medica, diseases and measurement indications and the linguistic particularities of the treatise. - [Author]

Language: French