"On leaf of pam, on sedge-wrought roll, On plastic clay and leathern scroll, Man wrote his thoughts; the ages passed, And to! the Press was found at last!" - John Greenleaf Whitter, The Library  What are Palm Leaf Manuscripts? Before the introduction of paper, palm leaf manuscripts were the most popular writing...

Archidoxa… wölff bücher, darin alle… Paracelsus (1493-1541) Munich: Adam Berg, 1570 Second Munich edition R128.6 .P221 1570 The sixteenth century brought about a new perception of fields that had been dominated by Greek thought throughout the late Middle Ages. Medicine, for instance, was still very much guided by the teachings...