Stories
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The enigma of the medieval folding almanac
With its combination of rich, portable data and high-end style, this folding almanac could have been the medieval equivalent of the latest iPhone.
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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.
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Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
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A medieval guide to practical magic
With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.
Catalogue
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Astrology: The Astrologers' Quarterly, Volume 56 no 4, Winter 1982/3
Date: 1982-1983Reference: GC/109/19/11Part of: Schupbach, Jaques Frédéric Alexandre- Books
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Tella [sic, i.e. Stella] nova, a new starre leading wisemen unto Christ. Or, a sermon preached before the Learned Society of Astrologers, August 1, 1649, in the church of S. Mary Alder-Mary / [Robert Gell].
Gell, Robert, 1595-1665.Date: 1649- Books
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Tella [sic, i.e. Stella] nova, a new starre leading wisemen unto Christ. Or, a sermon preached before the Learned Society of Astrologers, August 1, 1649, in the church of S. Mary Alder-Mary / [Robert Gell].
Gell, Robert, 1595-1665.Date: 1649- Books
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The new Jerusalfm [sic] ... Described in the Booke of the Revelation; illustrated in sundry points ... In a sermon composed for the Learned Society of Astrologers, at their generall meeting, Aug. 14 anno 1651 / [Edmund Reeve].
Reeve, Edmund, -1660.Date: 1652- Books
A history of horoscopic astrology / by James Herschel Holden.
Holden, James Herschel, 1926-2013.Date: 1996