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GALEN AND YOGA

Posted by agostino | Dec 25, 2014 | Posts |

Those practicing yoga don’t need to be persuaded of the benefits of a regular practice: whatever...

Thoughts on the first “Galen Day” at Warwick (1 July 2014)

Posted by agostino | Jul 6, 2014 | Posts |

Last Tuesday at the University of Warwick, took place the first Galen Day ever – the first,...

More Ugly Manuscripts, including Palimpsests

Posted by agostino | May 28, 2014 | Posts |

Since writing my latest post (an insanely long time ago!), I delved into more ugly manuscripts and… I even found uglier specimens than the ones I commented on in that post… In fact, all I have been working on is pretty ugly. And...

Ugly Manuscripts: Forgotten Scribes and Scholars of Byzantium

Posted by agostino | Nov 21, 2013 | Posts |

For the general public, the idea of medieval manuscripts may raise the image of beautifully...

GUILLAUME DE BAILLOU (1538-1616) AND THE ‘PARIS HIPPOCRATICS’

Posted by agostino | Sep 26, 2013 | Posts |

This post is about a late Renaissance physician, Guillaume de Baillou (1538-1616), with a complex relationship with the great ancient doctors (Galen and Hippocrates, among others). I haven’t worked on his works for a little...