Sickness and Healing in Byzantium
This lecture provides an overview of the medical practices offered to the citizens of Byzantium, the role of hospitals and
This lecture provides an overview of the medical practices offered to the citizens of Byzantium, the role of hospitals and
This article explores how early modern natural philosophers and artisans realised a convergence between artisanal and geological knowledge.
This article examines the accounts of miracles attributed to Saint Angelo of Licata, detailing the testimonies of people who suffered
The article sheds light on the practice of storing winter’s snow and ice for consumption, focusing especially on Renaissance Florence.
The article explores the life and works of the Portuguese physician Estêvão Rodrigues de Castro, and especially his 'De meteoris
The article offers new insights into the Renaissance system of analogies between the theaters of memory and the anatomical theaters.
This talk focuses on Rupescissa's medical alchemy and, more generally, on the development of medical alchemy in the Occitan-Catalan area.
A fascinating fresco of Armenian medical culture that unravels the many parallels between East and West.
Claudio Azzarito discusses the characteristics of the “perfect physician” as they emerge from the medical writings of the 12th-century Jewish
This talk examines Bacon’s alchemical theories and explains how he believed that the key to extending life lay not in