Explores some of the beautifully illustrated books in an ancient European library to give an insight into the mixture of fantasy and fact, particularly in relation to medicine, that passed for learning from the fifteenth century to more recent times.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
505487
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Libraries
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical care
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - History
Literature → Literature, Medieval
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Medical sciences
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)