A 15th Century manuscript containing the unusual treatment features in a new exhibition detailing the bizarre cures that were used for all manner of ills in the medieval period. The 'cure' for ...

One 15th Century manuscript compiled by a Carmelite friar, and translated from Latin, included a suggested infertility cure to help a woman to conceive. It said: ‘Take three or four weasel ...

A 15th-century manuscript shows trees bearing (clockwise from top left): sweet apples, jujubes, lemons, cherries, dates, and sour apples. By 7,000 years ago, people in New Guinea were cultivating ...

A folio from a rare 15th century Timurid manuscript will be offered at Christie’s in London on May 1. It was made in Herat in 1466 as part of the richly illustrated manuscript known as the Nahj ...

The study published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage set out to determine the age and origin of the wooden covers used to bind the 15th-century codex. The Gothic-style manuscript, bound by two ...

“We’ve translated many of the recipes on display.” A 15th century manuscript containing an infertility cure made from weasels testicles on display (Joe Giddens/PA) A 15th Century manuscript ...