VISUALIZING MEDIEVAL MEDICINE AND NATURAL HISTORY, 1200

Images in medieval and early modern treatises on medicine, pharmacy, and natural history often confound our expectations about the f unctions of medical and scientific illustrations. They do not look very much like the things they purport to portray/ and their actu al usefulness in everyday medical practice or teaching is not obvious. By looking at works as diverse as herbals, jewellery, surgery manuals, lay health guides, cinquecento paintings, manuscripts of Pliny's Natural History, and Leonardo's notebooks, Visualizing Me dieval M...[Read more]