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Le Livre des simples medecines - translation into French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of Matthaeus Platearius,physician in Salerno,Italy. Middle 15th,Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages.Digging for sulphur in a volcanic landscape.Fol.192 verso.
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Le Livre des simples medecines - translation into French from the 12th cen...

Le Livre des simples medecines - translation into French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of Matthaeus Platearius,physician in Salerno,Italy. Middle 15th,Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages. Collecting turpentine from a pitchpine. Fol.212 verso.
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Le Livre des simples medecines - translation into French from the 12th cen...

"Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" - Cato the Elder with Scipio and Laelius (right). Cicero, writing his treatise On Old Age (left). Illustration to 'Formulae Honestae Vitae' by Saint Martin of Braga, Marcus Tullius Cicero's 'Cato Maior de Senectute' (Cato the Elder On Old Age) and 'Laelius de Amicitia' (Laelius On Friendship).Three philosophical discourses translated from Latin to French. Last quarter 15th, parchment, 29.5 x 20 cm. Fol.19.
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"Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" - Cato the Elder with Scipio and La...

The Hohenstaufen eagle. Detail from the ceiling mosaic (12th) in the room of Norman King Roger of Sicily (Stanza di Ruggiero).
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The Hohenstaufen eagle. Detail from the ceiling...

The "Madaba map" (Jordan), mosaic floor of an early Christian church. The map mentions nine Jewish tribes and various localities from the New Testament; in the center: Jerusalem, with Emperor Constantine's buildings rising above Calvary and the Holy Sepulchre, Bethlehem, Emmaus, Jericho the Dead Sea. and the river Jordan with the place of Jesus' baptism
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The "Madaba map" (Jordan), mosaic floor of an early Christian church. The map...

Jerusalem with Emperor Constantine's buildings rising above Calvary and the Holy Sepulchre. Detail of the "Map of Madaba", a mosaic floor of an early Christian church.
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Jerusalem with Emperor Constantine's buildings rising above Calvary and...

The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. January: a woman warms her hands; February: a woman prepares a roast piglet, a "porchetta". The cathedral was built in 1088, the mosaic floor was completed in 1166. See also 15-03-05/16-42
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The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, s...

The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. March: a burgher washes his feet. April: a shepherd takes his flock out to graze. The cathedral was built in 1088, the mosaic floor was completed in 1166. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, s...

The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. November: preparing for winter by chopping fore wood, storing bread, ham and wine. December: killing a bull, fattening a pig. The mosaic was completed in 1166. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, s...

The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. September: a man in Phrygian cap pounds grapes with two wooden paddles. October: a farmer ploughing his field. The cathedral was built in 1088, the mosaic was completed in 1166. See also 40-11-24/36-46
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The signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, s...

Christ Pantokrator,surrounded by saints;signs of the zodiac. Fresco in the central cupola of the church of the Archangel Michael, Lesnovo. Painted by Michael of Lesnovo, 1347-1349
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Christ Pantokrator,surrounded by saints;signs of the zodiac. Fresco in th...

Imaginary portrait of Pliny the Elder in a lunette in the library of the Benedictine abbey of Kremsmuenster. Shelves with books on mathematics and natural science below. 1684-1692
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Imaginary portrait of Pliny the Elder in a lunette in the library of the Be...