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Exhibition “Of Bodies and Stars”
21 Oct 2024
Medicine and astronomy in the late medieval collections of the University Library
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Late medieval medicine viewed humans as part of the cosmic system. Astronomy and astrology were believed to be able to interpret and cure humans. The manuscripts and prints from these fields of knowledge include not only texts, but also painted and printed illustrations and diagrams that bring the practices of understanding the world, diagnosis, and patient treatment to life.
The exhibition “Of Bodies and Stars – Medicine and Astronomy in the Late Medieval Collections of the LMU Munich University Library” illustrates these connections between medicine and astronomy using late medieval manuscripts and early prints from the University Library's collection.
The exhibition was created as a project by students of the History Seminar and the interdisciplinary ZMR Master's program (Maria Deischl, Ann-Cathrine Döderlein, Leonie Hänfling, Ruogu Li, Dr. Eveline Lieberknecht, Maximilian Schwarz, and Nalika Waizmann) under the direction of PD Dr. Tobias Daniels and Dr. Paul Schweitzer-Martin in cooperation with the LMU Munich University Library.
Date and location of the exhibition
- Duration of the exhibition: October 21, 2024 – January 17, 2025
- Location: University Library, exhibition and lending hall (ground floor), Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München
Contact
PD Dr. Tobias Daniels
LMU Department of History
Medieval History
E-mail: Tobias.Daniels@mg.fak09.uni-muenchen.de
Dr. Paul Schweitzer-Martin
LMU History Department
Medieval History
E-mail: schweitzer-martin@mg.fak09.uni-muenchen.de
Annika Assil M.A.
LMU Munich University Library
Special Collections Department
Rare Books Division
E-mail: annika.assil@ub.uni-muenchen.de