🇬🇧📗 Theatrum Sanitatis (14th c.) Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome - Medieval Illuminated Manuscript

The rational medicine of the Middle Ages for the princes and the powerful. Made at the end of the 14th century in Italy, this beautiful codex contains the translation of the Tables of Health, written in the 11th century by Ububchasym of Baldach, a Christian physician born in Baghdad. It is an iconographic source for the study of different aspects of everyday life in the Middle Ages. 👉 Info: Other medical codices from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance that may be of interest to you: 🌱 Mattioli’s Dioscorides illustrated by Cibo (c. 1564-84) - De Materia Medica: 🌱 Tractatus de Herbis (1440, Italy) Sloane 4016: 🌱 The Book of Simple Medicines (15th c.): Aimed to propagate hygiene rules of the medieval rational medicine instead of magical or religious beliefs, this fascinating illuminated medieval codex contains 208 miniatures in the purest Lombard style, belonging to the school of Giovannino de Grassi. The manuscript is structured around six elements necessary to maintain good health (according to the author, diseases arise from the imbalance of these six elements): 1. Food and drink 2. Air and the atmosphere 3. Movement and rest 4. Sleep and wakefulness 5. Secretions and excretions 6. Changes and states of mind Today it is one of the most precious jewels of the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome. Our “quasi-original“ edition is accompanied by the most comprehensive study ever conducted on the manuscript, written by: - José Mª López Piñero (Universidad de Valencia – CSIC) - Felipe Jerez Moliner (Universidad de Valencia) Unique and unrepeatable first edition, strictly limited to 987 numbered and authenticated copies Enrich your library with this edition exquisitely crafted by M. Moleiro Editor! 🎁Ask for a FREE catalog ► 👀Discover all our facsimiles ►