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Fifteenth Century Books: When Doodles Matter

January 31, 2019 Circulating Now

By Laura Hartman ~ It may seem hard to believe that a random scribbling or doodle on an empty page or margin of an old

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Fifteenth Century Books: From the Cradle of Printing in the West

October 11, 2018 Circulating Now

By Laura Hartman ~ Zodiac Man. Critical Days. Secrets of women. Chiromancy. Plague. Poisons.  Aristotle.  Hippocrates. You can explore these topics and many more common

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Some of the Most Beautiful Herbals

April 14, 2016 Circulating Now

By Michael North This post is the sixth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are

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Colonialism and the Plant Hunters

March 22, 2016 Circulating Now

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

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Research Reborn: Dioscorides and Mattioli

January 6, 2016 Circulating Now

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

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A German Botanical Renaissance

September 29, 2015 Circulating Now

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 are

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Medieval Herbals in Movable Type

July 9, 2015 Circulating Now

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

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The Earliest Herbals

May 14, 2015 Circulating Now

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

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Aldus Manutius and Early Medical Humanist Publishing

February 6, 2015 Circulating Now

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

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Early Studies of Animals

January 8, 2015 Circulating Now

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

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