Pseudo-Apuleius

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Pseudo-Apuleius refers to the author of a Herbarium or De herbarum virtutibus; it is a medical herbal of the 5th century, A.D. A 10th century manuscript of the work is in the Musee Meermanno Westreenianum, The Hague [1].

There are two 11th century versions of the herbal (in colour) at Oxford University:

• MS. Ashmole 1431 Ps. Apuleius, Herbal England, St. Augustine's abbey, Canterbury; 11th century, c. 1070-1100
• MS. Bodl. 130 Ps.-Apuleius, Dioscorides, Herbals (extracts); De virtutibus bestiarum in arte medicinae, in Latin and English England, Bury St. Edmunds; 11th century, late