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  1. Discover
  2. Paper: Corpus: Representing the Body in Medieval Manuscripts
  3. Unit: 'Simple Systems' of the Body

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v

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Digitisation of entire manuscript (Clm 17403)

Commentary

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v
Accession number: 
Clm 17403
Collection: 
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich

This manuscript (1241) from a Monastery in Scheyern (Bavaria) has an abundance of images related to both medicine and religion. Despite being richly illustrated, it does not contain images of the 'complex systems'. 

See the entire manuscript in 'external links'.