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Renaissance readers left chemical clues inside these medical manuals. Were they using human feces and tortoise shells to treat illnesses?
In the 16th century, a German doctor published recipe books featuring cures for ailments like bad breath, mouth ulcers and ...
Ah, the Ren Fest: The perfect time for larping, drinking beer, and violently ripping apart deep-fried turkey legs with your teeth. Starting last weekend, the Florida Renaissance Festival is back for ...
Old German text is placed above a drawing of two people working in a home laboratory. The Roman numerals MDXXXI at the bottom of the page indicate the year of publication was 1531. The title page of ...
A novel biochemical analysis of a Renaissance medical text has successfully recovered centuries-old proteins that might be from lizards and hippos. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...
The late Carol Field wrote remarkable books about the food of Italy, beginning with ‘The Italian Baker’ in 1985, which remains the definitive volume on the subject. Panmarino, or rosemary bread, is a ...
The signs of the Renaissance are everywhere in Italy. Grand piazzas and palazzos. Metal-spiked doors. Looming archways. And, of course, all that ever-present art in the churches and galleries. But in ...
No matter where you flip the dial these days, you’re bound to land on a great drama. There’s been no shortage of compelling dramas throughout TV’s seven-decade history — be it about cops, docs, ...
In a double boiler (or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water) melt chocolate with butter, stirring, until smooth Remove top of double boiler (or bowl from heat) and whisk sugar into ...
The signs of the Renaissance are everywhere in Italy. Grand piazzas and palazzos. Metal-spiked doors. Looming archways. And, of course, all that ever-present art in the churches and galleries. But in ...
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