Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Richard Tait, PhD, who shares his research on a rare incunable in the National Library of Medicine’s collection. Dr. Tait Continue reading Source: NLM
Category: 1400s
Pen to Parchment: National Handwriting Day
By Krista Stracka ~ In honor of National Handwriting Day, we recognize the craft of the highly-skilled medieval scribes and artists who meticulously copied and Continue reading Source: NLM
Remembering the Saints of the Plague
By Laura Hartman ~ Today, as many Western Christian churches celebrate All Saints’ Day, it seems fitting to remember the saints in the historical collections Continue reading Source: NLM
A “Commentary” on Lambertus on Aquinas on Aristotle
By Walton O. Schalick ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Jorge of Burgos, the scholar-villain of Umberto Eco’s The Continue reading Source: NLM
Fifteenth Century Books: When Doodles Matter
By Laura Hartman ~ It may seem hard to believe that a random scribbling or doodle on an empty page or margin of an old Continue reading Source: NLM
Fifteenth Century Books: From the Cradle of Printing in the West
By Laura Hartman ~ Zodiac Man. Critical Days. Secrets of women. Chiromancy. Plague. Poisons. Aristotle. Hippocrates. You can explore these topics and many more common Continue reading Source: NLM
Treatise of Artificial Waters
By Margaret Kaiser ~ Herbs have been grown and used as medicine for thousands of years. Le Traicte des eaues artificielles les vertus & propriétés Continue reading Source: NLM
Colonialism and the Plant Hunters
By Michael North This post is the fifth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are Continue reading Source: NLM
Research Reborn: Dioscorides and Mattioli
By Michael North This post is the fourth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are Continue reading Source: NLM
A German Botanical Renaissance
By Michael North ~ This post is the third in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which Continue reading Source: NLM
Medieval Herbals in Movable Type
By Michael North This post is the second in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are Continue reading Source: NLM
The Earliest Herbals
By Michael North This post is the first in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are Continue reading Source: NLM
Aldus Manutius and Early Medical Humanist Publishing
By Michael North Today marks the 500th anniversary of the death of one of the most important figures in the printing of early Humanist texts Continue reading Source: NLM
Early Studies of Animals
By Michael J. North Some of the oldest materials in the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine are on the subject of natural Continue reading Source: NLM
Costume Conundrum?
Still looking for a costume idea for Halloween? Find inspiration in this 1962 series of 12 prints “2300 Years of Medical Costume: Distinctive Garb of the Medical and Related Professions from the Time of Hippocrates and…
Happy New Year!
By Ginny A. Roth This 1491 woodcut illustration from the herbal Ortus Sanitatis shows the horse, a symbol of nobility, class, speed and perseverance in Continue reading Source: NLM
The Dance of Death
By Ginny A. Roth Halloween is not a night for the faint of heart. This frighteningly festive 15th century woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle is captioned by a celebratory Latin verse which…