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The Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance (CSMBR) is an international institute of advanced studies in the history of medicine and science, based at the Domus Comeliana in Pisa.
CSMBR-ATLOMY Conference

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE IN HUMAN HISTORY

After an enthusiastic beginning, yesterday, a second day of insightful presentations and discussions awaits our attendees.
#CSMBR #Atlomy #Anatomy #3Dreconstruction
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Islamic Medicine Series 23:

Anatomy of the Eye, Persia, 1309

From al-Fārisi, “Kitāb al-Tanqīḥ fī ’l-Manāẓir li-Dhawī al-Abṣār wa-l-Baṣāʾir”, pages unnumbered [25b], sold as lot 32 at Sotheby’s (2017); undisclosed location.

#CSMBR #IbnAlHaytham #KAlFarisi #MedievalOptics
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Reminder
CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES

Fancy a deep dive into the world of medieval alchemy? Then search no further and let yourself be guided by one of the foremost experts on Rupescissa's work and legacy.

csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...

#CSMBR #MedicalAlchemy #Rupescissa
Medical Alchemy and the Antichrist - CSMBR
This talk focuses on Rupescissa's pharmacological work, "De famulatu philosophie" (1351-1352) and repositions his thought in the context of his Franciscan profession.
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Poisons and Antidotes 1:

Atropa Belladonna ("Solatro Maggiore Herba Bella Donna") Italy, 1564-1584

Illustration by Gherardo Cybo for Pietro Andrea Mattioli, "Discorsi", MS Add. Ms. 22332, f. 5r, British Library, London.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Poisons #Mattioli #Cybo #Herbal
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
ONLINE EXHIBITION

𝐔𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
We are pleased to share with our community this online exhibition on natural history through rare books, images, and specimens.

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: aldrovandi.edwardworthlibrary.ie

#CSMBR #edwardworthlibrary #naturalhistory #UlisseAldrovandi
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Books that Made History 19:

Carolus Clusius, "Rariorum plantarum historia" (Antwerp, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1601)

Shelfmark: A CLU 84, Library of the Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Botany #Clusius #Plants #EarlyModernHistory
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
CSMBR Online Lecture Series
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

youtu.be/J9MSjvE4Oq8?...

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #IslamicMedicine #Drugs #Onlinelecture
THE ARABIC AND LATIN SCIENCE OF COMPOUND MEDICAMENTS - A. Gili (Universities of Padua and Würzburg)
YouTube video by CSMBR Pisa
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Medicine and Piety 1:

A Bedridden Patient, France, 1290-1315

from Petrus Lombardus "Libri Quattuor Sententiarum", MS 235, f. 49, Bibliothèque de Toulouse, Toulouse.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #GoodSamaritan #HiddenTreasures
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Reminder
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠
Online Registration: 20 November

Interested in the interaction between Classical Knowledge, Ancient Anatomy and 3D reconstruction? Please don't look any further (but check the programme!)

csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confe...

#CSMBR #ATLOMY
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Elements of Health 2:

Water (Salty Water, Snow and Ice, Alum Water), Italy, 14th century.

From Ibn Butlan, "Tacuinum Sanitatis", Codex Vindobonensis Series Nova 2644, ff. 88r, 90r, 90v; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna.

#CSMBR #Environmentalhistory #Water
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
Deadline: 𝟑𝟏 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞.

Please send submissions to: feingold@caltech.edu

#CSMBR #Grants #ScholarlyCommunity #IntellectualHistory
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Clinical Practices Series 13:

Posterior Lung Auscultation, ca. 1275

from Aldobrandino da Siena, "La flours et la rose de toute medicine de fisique", MS Arsenal 2510, f. 13v; BnF, Paris.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #MedicalPractice #Cough #AldobrandinodaSiena #RegimenSanitatis
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝

The Winter School will now take place from 𝟐𝟓 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟔 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. The new deadline to join is 𝟐𝟐 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.

Check it now: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/studi...

#CSMBR #DigitalHumanities
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Opening Soon

VivaMente Grant in the History of Ideas
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/grants.../vi...

#CSMBR #Grants #VivaMente
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Deformities (Real or Imaginary) Series 13:

Enrico Gozales (Gonsalez), Germany, ca. 1580

Portrait by Anonymous, Picture Gallery, inv. 8332; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

#CSMBR #Deformities #Hypertrichosis #EnricoGozales
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Forthcoming with the

CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES

#CSMBR #Online #NaturalHistory
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Medical Technology Series 22:

Glossocomion and Ladder, 1541-1543

from Guido Guidi, "Chirurgia" MS Latin 6866, ff. 310v, 311v, 312r, 314v; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #MedicalTechnology #Surgery #GuidoGuidi #Galen
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
VIVAMENTE 2025

In a friendly chat filmed at the end of the conference at Complesso delle Benedettine in Pisa, Dr Amalia Cerrito shares her experience of the 2025 VivaMente Conference. Enjoy it!

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰: youtu.be/5KRa5QnQF4o?...

#CSMBR #VivaMenteGrant #MiddleAges
VivaMente 2025: The Mind Behind the Conference - Dr Amalia Cerrito (University of Trento)
YouTube video by CSMBR Pisa
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
History of Botany and Ethnobotany 14:

Figs. 1-2: Lichens, Italy, 1584
Fig. 3: Peltigera Aphtosa

from Pietro Andrea Mattioli, "Commentarii", illustrated by Gherardo Cibo, Ms 22332, f. 55r, 171r, British Library, London.

#CSMBR #Botany #Mattioli #MateriaMedica #Lichen
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
FORMA FLUENS: Histories of the Microcosm

𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐒 - 𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥-𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟖 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞
Sandro Paul Heidelbach

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../forma......

#CSMBR #FormaFluens #KenelmDigby
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Hidden Treasures 40:

Uroscopy Scene, Byzantium, 15th century

from Teophilus Protospatarius "De Urinis", MS 3632, f. 51r, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Uroscopy #ByzantineHistory #Hippocrates
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Forthcoming next year with the
CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #InfectitiousDiseases
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
History of Anatomy and Surgery 32:

Section of the Kidney and the Lungs, 1651

from Nathaniel Highmore, "Corporis Humani Disquisitio Anatomica", Tab. IX, p. 83, Tab XII, [p. 132], Shelfmark: 2 Med 85, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, Germany.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Anatomy
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM