Medieval medicine – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Curious Cures: the making of a medieval folded manuscript

Posted on 25 June 2025 by Special Collections

This post is by Beckett Thornber, an MA Conservation Studies student, specialising in books and library materials, at West Dean College. He spent six weeks […]

Conservation, Exhibitions, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

Cure This! Medieval maladies and the 2023 Hands:On Hackathon

Posted on 6 October 2023 by Special Collections

This guest post is by Kate Falardeau, PhD candidate in the Faculty of History, and one of the participants of this year’s Hands:On Hackathon at […]

Curious Cures, Digital Resources, Events, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections

Charming creepy-crawlies in the Middle Ages

Posted on 4 October 2022 by Clarck Drieshen

Animals often crop up among the medical recipes in the over 180 medieval manuscripts that Cambridge University Library is currently conserving, cataloguing, and digitising in […]

Curious Cures, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval manuscripts, Special Collections