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Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 399
England, late 13th-early 14th century
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This manuscript contains a range of texts related to relating to medicine, prognostication and arithmetic. Highlights include:
drawings showing different positions of a foetus in the womb (ff. 14r-15r)
full page anatomical miniatures with explanatory text on the facing versos (ff. 18v-22r)
diagrammatic drawings of human organs (ff. 22v-24v)
miniatures depicting physicians treating various patients (ff. 33r-34v)
f. 14v
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f. 22r
f. 34r
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