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- catalog abstract ""The medieval view of the natural world can best be understood within its religious context. According to medieval thought, nature was a book in which God revealed himself and his message to the world. Plants and animals in particular were frequently given symbolic meanings or valued for their healing properties." "Illustrated with works taken from three world-famous medieval manuscripts, The Wisdom of Nature focuses on thirty-five exquisitely executed sheets which depict a wide range of subjects. These include herbs and plants, animals and birds, nature and the seasons, meat and water, activities to stimulate the body or brain such as riding or conversing, and religious topics such as the Creation. In double-page spreads, this volume explains the origin of each manuscript illustration, looks into its symbolic meanings, listing the healing powers ascribed to it in the medieval world as well as medical properties still valued by modern science. An introductory essay delves into the essential characteristics of medieval thought." "The illustrations are reproduced from the Viennese Tacuinum in the Austrian National Library in Vienna, a manuscript listing the positive and negative effects of foodstuffs on the human body; the Bern Physiologus from the Burgerbibliothek in Bern, which describes animals as sources of medicinal cures; and the Oxford Bestiary from the Bodleian Library in Oxford, a collection of animal stories of a religious or moralizing nature."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Healing powers and symbolism of plants and animals in the Middle Ages".
- catalog contributor b12716601.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The medieval view of the natural world can best be understood within its religious context. According to medieval thought, nature was a book in which God revealed himself and his message to the world. Plants and animals in particular were frequently given symbolic meanings or valued for their healing properties." "Illustrated with works taken from three world-famous medieval manuscripts, The Wisdom of Nature focuses on thirty-five exquisitely executed sheets which depict a wide range of subjects. These include herbs and plants, animals and birds, nature and the seasons, meat and water, activities to stimulate the body or brain such as riding or conversing, and religious topics such as the Creation. In double-page spreads, this volume explains the origin of each manuscript illustration, looks into its symbolic meanings, listing the healing powers ascribed to it in the medieval world as well as medical properties still valued by modern science. An introductory essay delves into the essential characteristics of medieval thought." "The illustrations are reproduced from the Viennese Tacuinum in the Austrian National Library in Vienna, a manuscript listing the positive and negative effects of foodstuffs on the human body; the Bern Physiologus from the Burgerbibliothek in Bern, which describes animals as sources of medicinal cures; and the Oxford Bestiary from the Bodleian Library in Oxford, a collection of animal stories of a religious or moralizing nature."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 94) and index.".
- catalog description "The natural world and medicine in the Middle Ages -- Herbals and the "tacuinum sanitatis" -- Tacuinum sanitatis --Physiologus -- Bestiaries.".
- catalog extent "95 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Wisdom of nature.".
- catalog identifier "379132585X".
- catalog identifier "9783791325859".
- catalog isFormatOf "Wisdom of nature.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng ger".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Munich ; New York : Prestel,".
- catalog relation "Wisdom of nature.".
- catalog subject "2002 D-514".
- catalog subject "704.943 21".
- catalog subject "Animals in art.".
- catalog subject "History of Medicine Pictorial Works.".
- catalog subject "History, Medieval Pictorial Works.".
- catalog subject "Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Medicinal plants Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Medicine in Art Pictorial Works.".
- catalog subject "Medicine in art.".
- catalog subject "ND3340 .T44 2001".
- catalog subject "Nature, Healing power of.".
- catalog subject "Naturopathy Pictorial Works.".
- catalog subject "Plants in art.".
- catalog subject "Plants, Medicinal Pictorial Works.".
- catalog subject "QV 717 T269w 2001".
- catalog subject "Symbolism Pictorial Works.".
- catalog subject "Symbolism in art.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The natural world and medicine in the Middle Ages -- Herbals and the "tacuinum sanitatis" -- Tacuinum sanitatis --Physiologus -- Bestiaries.".
- catalog title "Healing powers and symbolism of plants and animals in the Middle Ages".
- catalog title "The wisdom of nature : the healing powers and symbolism of plants and animals in the Middle Ages / Werner Telesko ; [translated from the German by Stephen Telfer].".
- catalog type "text".