Sloane 1977,f.2 The Chirurgia: Biblical and medical scenes

Chirurgia Author: Frugardi, Roger, of Parma / France (near Amiens); 1300-1310 Language: French Source/Shelfmark: Sloane 1977, f.2 (Whole folio) Nine miniatures showing biblical and medical scenes. Above, the Annunciation, Visitation and Nativity. Centre and below, stages of an operation for a compound fracture of the skull. the Chirurgia, written by the Lombard surgeon Roger Frugardi (or Roger Frugard of Salerno, Roger Frugard of Parma, Roger de Salerne, Rogerius Salernitanus, b. before 1140, d. before 1195) in the late 12th century. This manuscript is remarkable for its series of surgical illustrations