Medieval History
- Rare 500-year-old Illustrated Medical Book Shows Doctors Analysing Urine To Diagnose Illness And Brushing Lice From A Boy's Hair
A rare medieval book gives an insight into the bizarre medical practices used 500 years ago. It has gone on display for the first time at the University of Aberdeen. The De Hortus Sanitatis, which translates as the Garden of Health, shows some of the...
- Roman Skeleton Found In Gloucestershire
A skeleton, possibly dating from Roman times, has been unearthed by archaeologists from the University of Bristol during a dig in the garden of vaccination pioneer Dr Edward Jenner in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. The archaeologists, led by Professor Mark...
- Fête De La Poire
I have a pear tree in my backyard, and this year I truly took care of it well. The 'fruits of our labors' did not disappoint, over September-October we had over 200+ ripe, green-brown, delicious pears. We had our own fête de la Poire, and...
- Inside The Garden...
I think I've read every published, peer-reviewed article about this tapestry (thanks to Martha's seminar!) and yet I've never thought about the differing symbolism of the flowers inside the garden and outside the garden. Is there more meaning...
- Obscure Latin Word Of The Week
This week's word: palmifer - fera, -ferum abounding in palm trees. How to use this word in daily life: 1. As a compliment - "My what a palmifer garden you have! I've never seen so many palms in one place." 2. As a pick-up line - "Baby, if your...
Medieval History
Medieval Gardens
Flemish illustration for the Roman de la Rose, c. 1485. The lover is about to enter through a door unlocked by Idleness. As in the basic description by Albertus Magnus two hundred years earlier, one part of this garden has turf with a fountain and perimeter beds and seats, and the other contains beds of herbs, the whole lightly shaded by fruit trees.
Flemish, c. 1490, with a trellised logia, walled area of square beds of turf or herbs, and a flowery mead with arbour and a hedged garden and a fountain.
Christ Church, Cantebury. The plan of Prior Wibert's waterworks, c. 1165, also shows a herbarium.
Flemish, 15th c.
Gothic style fountain at Queen Eleanor's Garden, with four leopard-head masks and surmounting bronze falcon, is based on a description from Charing Cross Mews, c. 1275.
Madonna and Child with sculpted wooden frame, German, c. 1450.
Images and text from The Medieval Garden, by Sylvia Landsberg, The British Museum Press.
- Rare 500-year-old Illustrated Medical Book Shows Doctors Analysing Urine To Diagnose Illness And Brushing Lice From A Boy's Hair
A rare medieval book gives an insight into the bizarre medical practices used 500 years ago. It has gone on display for the first time at the University of Aberdeen. The De Hortus Sanitatis, which translates as the Garden of Health, shows some of the...
- Roman Skeleton Found In Gloucestershire
A skeleton, possibly dating from Roman times, has been unearthed by archaeologists from the University of Bristol during a dig in the garden of vaccination pioneer Dr Edward Jenner in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. The archaeologists, led by Professor Mark...
- Fête De La Poire
I have a pear tree in my backyard, and this year I truly took care of it well. The 'fruits of our labors' did not disappoint, over September-October we had over 200+ ripe, green-brown, delicious pears. We had our own fête de la Poire, and...
- Inside The Garden...
I think I've read every published, peer-reviewed article about this tapestry (thanks to Martha's seminar!) and yet I've never thought about the differing symbolism of the flowers inside the garden and outside the garden. Is there more meaning...
- Obscure Latin Word Of The Week
This week's word: palmifer - fera, -ferum abounding in palm trees. How to use this word in daily life: 1. As a compliment - "My what a palmifer garden you have! I've never seen so many palms in one place." 2. As a pick-up line - "Baby, if your...