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This is an Ancient Babylonian clay tablet, named Plimpton 322 for its numbering in the G.A. Plimpton Collection at Columbia University. It is thought to contain a table of Pythagorean triplets or numbers that satisfy the three sides of a right…
A letter that Parkinson wrote to the queen in the beginning of "The Garden of Pleasant Flowers"
This map shows the contour lines of the map. This shows elevations on the map and land marks like mountains and valleys.
painting of a woman playing a stringed instrument while two men look on
King Clovis I using the "Royal Touch" to heal a skin disease called scrofula.
This image is an illustration found in the "Quinta Essentia" by Leonhart Thurneisser zum Thurn. It depicts the four humors in Galenic Medicine: phlegm, black bile, yellow bile, and blood. Each is associated with an element.
The Rothschild Canticles is a collection of meditations and prayers. Includes many remarkable illustrations as well
A page from Thomas Cogan's "Haven of Health" describing the benefits of water and referring to the teachings of Galen and Hippocrates.
A page from Thomas Cogan's "Haven of Health" advising his students against drunkenness.
A page from Thomas Cogan's "Haven of Health" describing the benefits of wild swine meat.
a cropped image from Haven of health
A page from Thomas Cogan's "Haven of Health" describing the benefits of rosewater.
A page from Thomas Cogan's "Haven of Health" describing the benefits and risks of cheese.