The Medieval Manuscript Blog of the British Library always has things of interest on it drawing as it does upon the Library collections. A recent post is about Sloane MS 1047 which shows King Henry VIII‘s interest, certainly in later life as his health was more of a problem, in medicines and in concocting them himself. Thus alongside remedies prescribed by his physicians are listed many that the King himself devised. It makes it clear this was not just a whim but a serious interest on the monarch’s part. It conjures up rather different images of him than the usual ones.
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