Editing Henry of Huntingdon (section)

===Other works===
As an author, Henry distinguished himself in his youth by writing poetry, comprising eight books of epigrams, eight books on love, and the so-called ''Anglicanus ortus'', eight books on herbs, spices and gems united by a medical theme.<ref name="Black">Henry of Huntingdon. ''Anglicanus ortus: a Verse Herbal of the Twelfth Century'', edited and translated by Winston Black. Toronto, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, c2012, p. 7.</ref> Of these, two books of epigrams and the eight medical books survive, the latter identified only in modern times.<ref>''Ibid'', p. 9</ref> The ''Anglicanus ortus'' has since been published, books 1–6 (on herbs and spices) as ''Anglicanus ortus: a Verse Herbal of the Twelfth Century'' (Toronto, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, c2012), and books 7–8 (on gems) as "Henry of Huntingdon's lapidary rediscovered and his ''Anglicanus ortus'' reassembled" (''Mediaeval Studies'', v. 68, 2006, pp.&nbsp;43–87), both edited by Winston Black.<ref>''Ibid'', pp. 8–13, 496.</ref> Henry wrote an [[Epistle]] to [[Henry I of England|Henry I]] on the Succession of foreign kings and emperors up to their own time, and another to a man named Warin that contained an account of the ancient British kings from [[Brutus of Troy|Brute]] to [[Cadwaladr|Cadwaller]]. The information for this account was obtained from a monk while Henry was at the [[Abbey of Bec]], which held the writings of [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]].<ref name=DNB/>

Henry's most notable epistle was a funereal exercise addressed to his recently deceased friend and fellow archdeacon of Lincoln diocese, Walter of Leicester, titled ''De contemptu mundi'' ("On Contempt for the world"), which from internal evidence dates to 1135.<ref name="Black"/><ref>Forester, pp.xi-xii</ref>