Tim Hertogh writes… This month’s manuscript is the so-called Rotulus von Mülinen, a unique six-meter-long (mostly) medical scroll that not only plays an important role… Read More »MMOTM 11: The “Rotulus von Mülinen”
Jeff Doolittle writes… While it does not happen often, manuscripts can sometimes change shelfmarks or even locations entirely. These manuscripts, often small fragments, are sometimes… Read More »MMOTM 10: The Champvent Fragment
Carine van Rhijn writes… Lizard shampoo?[1] The manuscript of this month, London BL Add 19725, is not medical at all.[2] Its first 87 folia (including… Read More »MMOTM 9: London BL Add 19725
Instead of a manuscript-of-the-month, for the summer break we’re featuring the doings of the CEMLM team. July was the highlight of the year for our… Read More »CEMLM’s Summer: Leeds and St Andrews
Bram van den Berg writes… Small scruffy manuscripts are back again! This month, we look at a mid-ninth-century booklet from the monastery of Fleury, tantalisingly… Read More »MMOTM 8: Paris BN NAL 1616
James Palmer writes… Who likes scruffy manuscripts? My choice for MOTM is this little booklet of medicine from the late eighth/ early ninth century. In… Read More »MMOTM 7: Paris BN NAL 203
Claire Burridge writes… This month, we return to the Bern Burgerbibliothek – the site of our project’s first MotM blog post – to explore the… Read More »Medical Manuscript of the Month 6: Bern 224
Meg Leja writes… My love is like a red, red rose – no, unfortunately, I am not going to be presenting a love potion in… Read More »Medical Manuscript of the Month 5: Vatican, BAV Pal. lat. 973
Jeff Doolittle writes… Happy New Year! After a brief sojourn to the Bodleian Library to discuss Oxford MS Bodl. 232, we are going to jump… Read More »Medical Manuscript of the Month 4: Vienna ONB 68
Claire Burridge writes… After our first ‘Manuscript of the Month’ posts featured codices today held in Bern and Berlin, we’ll stick with the letter ‘B’… Read More »Medical Manuscript of the Month 3: Oxford MS Bodl. 232