Saturday 9th March 2019, 2.00 pm at Swarthmore
John Adams and Stuart Forbes: Syon House archaeology, library, the Herbal, and medical practices
The Syon Abbey Herbal, written by their last known librarian, was also the last herbal to be compiled before the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, and gives an insight to the common ailments, their treatment, and healthcare in general in the Tudor period. The library at Syon, almost completely lost, was one of the best in Europe, and contained a wide range of up to date printed medical and astrological-medical books unavailable elsewhere in Britain, as well as rare medical texts in English.
The speakers will discuss the archaeology of the site as well as the Herbal.
Medieval Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society 