Visualizing medieval medicine and natural history, 1200-1550. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jean A. Givens, Karen M. Reeds, Alain Touwaide.
• Other Names: Givens, Jean A (Jean Ann), 1947-; Reeds, Karen; Touwaide, Alain
• Contents: Contents: Introduction, Jean A. Givens, Karen M. Reeds, Alain Touwaide; Image, word and medicine in the Middle Ages, Peter Murray Jones; Latin crusaders, Byzantine herbals, Alain Touwaide; The illuminated Tacuinum sanitatis manuscripts from northern Italy ca. 1380-1400: sources, patrons, and the creation of a new pictorial genre, Cathleen Hoeniger; Erudition on display: the 'scientific' illustrations in Pico della Mirandola’s manuscript of Pliny the Elder’s Natural History, Sarah Blake McHam; Reading and writing the illustrated Tractatus de herbis, 1280-1526, Jean A. Givens; Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical studies in Milan: a re-examination of sites and sources, Monica Azzolini; (Hu)moral exemplars: type and temperament in cinquecento painting, Piers D. Britton; Leonardo da Vinci and botanical illustration: nature prints, drawings, and woodcuts ca. 1500, Karen M. Reeds; The uses of realism in early modern illustrated botany, Claudia Swan; Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 610; Medicine, Medieval; Science, Medieval; Medical illustration -- Early works to 1800; Botanical illustration -- Early works to 1800; History, Medieval; Natural History -- history; Medical Illustration -- history; Manuscripts, Medical -- history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351875561; 1351875566
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.