Collection items

Mattheus Platearius, Circa instans

Manuscript

Mattheus Platearius (active during the 12th century) was a physician from the medical school of Salerno, near Naples in...

Roger Frugardi, Chirurgia

Manuscript

The longest text in this illustrated medical compendium is a French translation of the Chirurgia (Surgery), a practical...

The French conquest of Normandy in Grandes Chroniq...

Manuscript, Illustration

When John succeeded to the throne of England in 1199, he also came into possession of his family’s ancestral territories...