Stories
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Medieval doodles
Fish, lute players and defaced demons: marginal doodles in some of Europe’s first printed books provide a tantalising glimpse into the late-medieval mind.
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Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
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The ancient doctors who refused payment
The NHS might only be 70 years old, but the idea of free healthcare goes back to Ancient Greece, when devout doctors provided their services without charge.
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Divining the world through an artist’s almanac
Amanda Couch's artists book, 'Huwawa in the Everyday: an almanac' is inspired by the entrail like folds of a medieval folding and its function as a guide for astrological divinations linking the body, health and the heavens. Like the original almanac her work is designed to be carried out into the wider world.
Catalogue
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Historiography : ancient, medieval, & modern / Ernst Breisach.
Breisach, ErnstDate: [2007], ©2007- Journals
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The annual of rabbinic Judaism : ancient, medieval, and modern.
Date: 1998-2000- Journals
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The review of rabbinic Judaism : ancient, medieval and modern.
Date: c2001-- Books
An encyclopedia of world history, ancient, medieval, and modern, chronologically arranged / compiled and edited by William L. Langer.
Langer, William L. (William Leonard), 1896-1977.Date: [1952]- Books
Rationnel et irrationnel dans la médecine ancienne et médiévale : Aspects historiques, scientifiques et culturels. [Actes du colloque international organisé par le centre Jean Palerne à l'université Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne les 14 et 15 novembre 2002] / centre Jean Palerne ; textes réunis par Nicoletta Palmieri ; [contributions de] Vincent Barras, Isabelle Boehm, Valérie Bonet[and others].
Centre Jean Palerne (Saint-Etienne)Date: 2003