Green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt vignette to front board. Hint of sunning to edges of boards. Endpapers show minor soil. Text is clean and bright, no marks. Beautifully illustrated throughout with 48 full-color plates and 243 black and white plates. "The Illuminated Manuscripts known as Tacuinum Sanitatis (in one case, Theatrum Sanitatis) were medieval handbooks of the late 1300s and early 1400s which illustrated and explained the effects of foods, winds, waters, seasons, and even human emotions upon a person's health. These pages have been reproduced from four of the most importand Tacuina, those in Vienna, Paris, Rouen and Liege, as well as the Theatrum Sanitatis in the Casanatense Library in Rome. Commentaries translated from the original Latin texts.

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Title

The Medieval Health Handbook Tacuinum Sanitatis

Publisher

George Braziller, New York

Publication Date

1976

Language

English

ISBN 10

0807608084

ISBN 13

9780807608081

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Printing

Condition

Very Good

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Very Good

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A discussion of the discovery and history of the Tacuinum Sanitatis and studies of five different manuscripts precede illustrations and rates revealing the positive effects of herbs, flowers, and fruits, as well as dangers

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