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23.10.11

Medicine in illustrated manuscripts


The boldness and progress of European medieval medicine of the 2nd millennium is well expressed in the pictures of the most remarkable writers of the period.

O arrojo e progresso da medicina medieval europeia do II Milénio encontra-se bem expressa nas gravuras dos mais notáveis autores da época.

Unknown (15th century)-'medical consultation'-miniature-vellum   Chantilly-Musée Condé (Barthélémy de Glanvile ou l'Anglais (1203-1272); Livre de la propriétés des choses, Ms 339/1223, fol. 37)

Unknown (14th century)-'a lesson in dissecation at a medical school of Montpellier'- miniature-vellum   Montpellier-Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Médecine (Guy de Chauliac (ca 1300-1368); Grande chirurgie (1383), Ms H 184, fol. 12v)  

Unknown (14th century)-'a doctor taking a patient's pulse'-miniature-vellum   Chantilly-Musée Condé (Guy de Pavia; Liber notabilium Philipi Septimi, francorum regis, libris Galieni extractus, Ms 334/569, fol. 18)

Unknown (14th century)-'a doctor operating on a skull of a patient'-miniature-vellum   Chantilly-Musée Condé (Guy de Pavia; Liber notabilium Philipi Septimi, francorum regis, libris Galieni extractus, Ms 334/569, fol. 18)

Unknown (15th century)-'the plague in Germany'-miniature-vellum   Chantilly-Musée Condé (Vincent Beauvais (ca 1190-ca 1264); Le miroir historial, Ms 722/1196, fol. 4)

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