This is LJS 195, a 15th c. German medical compilation with a particular focus on the plague, but also including information on diseases of different parts of the body, urine, laxatives, and the making of pigments for painting and inks for writing #medieval #renaissance #manuscript #german #medicine #historyofmedicine #recipes #bookstagram #bookhistory #rarebooks #librariesofinstagram
This is LJS 385, a collection of classical Latin school texts in various hands, written in Italy, ca. 1500. It's bound in the original wooden boards, showing compass trials and geometric and doodled gouging, with a leather spine #medieval #renaissance #manuscript #italy #latin #paper #binding #bookstagram #librariesofinstagram
The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies 