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Coffee with a Codex: Medical miscellany

An informal lunch or coffee time to talk about the manuscripts from Penn's collections. This week, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 236, a medical miscellany with almost the first half of the volume devoted to a copy of Thesaurus pauperum, a compilation of remedies for a variety of diseases frequently attributed to Petrus Hispanus, later Pope John XXI.

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October 4, 2022, 12:00pm - 12:30pm
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An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different manuscript and the expertise of one of our curators. Everyone is welcome to attend. On October 4, Curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 236, a medical miscellany with almost the first half of the volume devoted to a copy of Thesaurus pauperum, a compilation of remedies for a variety of diseases frequently attributed to Petrus Hispanus, later Pope John XXI. Written in northern Italy in the second half of the 15th century. See the record here: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9958895573503681

See the full schedule for Coffee with a Codex three weeks ahead at https://schoenberginstitute.org/coffee-with-a-codex/

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