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This is the section heading and front page of the love melancholy chapters in Robert Burtons Anatomy of Melancholy.
Gives a few common cases of love melancholy and goes into detail of how one becomes melancholic.
This is the beginning of the symptoms section in regards to love melancholy.
The second page of the Synopsis of the First Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The third page of the Synopsis of the First Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The fourth and final page of the Synopsis of the First Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The second page of The Synopsis of the Second Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The third page of The Synopsis of the Second Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The fourth and final page of The Synopsis of the Second Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
An example of some of the marginalia notes found throughout the pages of the book of secretes
An image of the inside cover of the book, The Secretes of the Reverende Mayster Piemont which contains the bookplate from one of the past owners.
An example of some of the recipes found in the second part of the book of secretes.
An image of the title page for the Second Parte of the Book of Secretes
The final page of the Book of Secretes showing the end of the table of contents from the first part of the book
Scan of wooden block created picture of white lavender from Gerard's Herbal 2nd Edition
Close up of the word "zeale" in the context of the Anatomy of Melancholy.
This is an image from Gerard of a type of moss that can apparently grow on human bone.
Zoomed, still image of the word "noxious" from the Anatomy of Melancholy.
This is a page from Gerard's Herbal. It is page 338 found in Volume I. It gives an example of the style of images used in the book.
Book 6 of the Secretes of the Reverende Mayster Alexis Pietmont.
Reference to witches, devils, and magicians in The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1628 edition.
This is a page from Gerard's Herbal showing the Tornefole, or the trefoil, plant.
An oil painting created in the late 16th century by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. The painting depicts the Roman god of plant life, Vertumnus. The painting was commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II.
overview of how the telescope developed through time up to Galileo and how it works
An example of a renaissance remedy for hemorrhoids found in Girolomo Ruscelli's The Secretes of the Reverende Mayster Alexis de Piemont
This map shows the contour lines of the map. This shows elevations on the map and land marks like mountains and valleys.
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.
Page 608 of Matthioli's Discorsi regards chilli peppers, which it claims came from India. It features printed text, as well as a printed colored image.
An engraved portrait of John Parkinson included in Garden of Pleasant Flowers, originally by Albert Switzer.
Close up still image of the word "tomes" in the 1628 edition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
A letter that Parkinson wrote to the queen in the beginning of "The Garden of Pleasant Flowers"