Handbook Collection (#7)

Tacuinum Sanitatis. The apothecary sells almond oil to a man
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. The apothecary sells almond oil to a man with chest pain. Folio 91r

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Men in a sugar cane plantation
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Men in a sugar cane plantation. Folio 92V

Tacuinum Sanitatis. A man drinks water from a river
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. A man drinks water from a river. Folio 90v

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Man riding in the rain
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Man riding in the rain. Folio 89v

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Boats at sea
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Boats at sea. Folio 88r

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Servant offering a glass of wine to his
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Servant offering a glass of wine to his master on his return home. Folio 87V

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Wine cellar
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Wine cellar. Two men drinking wine while another man is extracting wine from a barrel. Folio 86v

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Woman cooking
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval handbook of health. Woman cooking

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Late XIV century. Butchery
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Butchery. Miniature. Fol

Cover design, Popular Flying, the National Aviation Paper, November 1936. Date: 1936

IBN BUTLAN, Abu-l Hasan al-Mujtar (c. 1001 - 1066). Nestorian Christian physician and philosopher of Baghdad. Folio 83r. Illustration about the quince, which revives and restores the appetite

Codex granatensis, h. 1400. Tacuinum sanitatis. Quince
IBN BUTLAN, Abu-l Hasan al-Mujtar (c. 1001 - 1066). Nestorian Christian physician and philosopher of Baghdad. Folio 83v. Illustration about the quince, which revives and restores the appetite

Cobbetts Advice to Young Men
Front cover of Advice to Young Men by William Cobbett, an instruction booklet for the eighteenth century youth. Date: 1887

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