Medieval Health Handbook: Tacuinum Sanitatis
NY: George Braziller, 1976. First Thus. Hard Cover. The illuminated manuscripts collectively known as Tacuinum Sanitatis were late-medieval (late 1300s and early 1400s) handbooks which illustyrated and explained the effects of foods, winds, waters, seasons and even human emotions upon a person's health. The charming and lively plates reproduce the.....