Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 370

Step into a world where the length of your shadow tells the hour, the movement of the stars dictates the safety of surgery, and the feast days of saints pulse like a heartbeat through the year. Nicholas of Lynn’s 14th-century masterpiece is a survival guide for the medieval soul, blending high-level astronomy with the visceral reality of bloodletting and herbal medicine. Discover how the 'Man of Signs' connects the human body to the heavens in this rare, multidimensional manuscript.