Medieval manuscripts ... by ‘elaborate and sophisticated ideas’ about the body and the influence upon it of the wider world and even the cosmos. The manuscripts also revealed that medicine ...

One of the most beautiful manuscripts belonged to Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII and mother of Henry VIII. The richly-illuminated ... not just about how medieval people healed, but how they ...

The “Romance” of Alexander the Great is a unique illuminated manuscript on his ... some of them recasting it into poetical form in Medieval Greek vernacular. According to researchers, the manuscript ...

By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes filled volumes called bestiaries with illustrations and descriptions of fantastic creatures. The manuscripts containing representations of these animals also ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going on display for the very first time. The 15th-century Arma Christi was found in a shoebox filled with ...

The Arma Christi is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at the Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre in York A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going ...

The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World, showcases medieval manuscripts detailing ... and sophisticated ideas about the body and the influence ...