Contents This section of the manuscript contains the Imago Mundi (The Image of the World) by Honorius Augustodunensis, a 12th-century theologian. It has also been wrongly attributed to Gregory of Huntingdon, Henry of Huntingdon, and Bede. This text is about cosmology.In this manuscript, it is titled Incipit Ymago Mundi and is introduced on f. 23v with the words Ad...

Contents As with ff.144-150, this section of the manuscript contains a version of Calcidius's In Platonis Timaeum commentarius, which is a 4th-century translation of the first part of Plato's Timaeus. This is a text that speculates on the nature of the physical world.This section starts on f.204r with At vero dei operum origo, which is from Chapter 23. It ends on f.236v with ...

Scope and Contents This folding paper manuscript (also known as parabaik) was created in Burma by the Shan people in the early 20th century. It is painted on mulberry bark paper using silvered ink, and displays cosmology symbols and talismans that were used by monks or a master Sala as a reference for tattoo designs and auspicious dates.The art of tattoo in South East Asia, especially in Burma, encompasses ritual as well as decoration. Acquiring tattoos at the Buddhist Temple would ensure the owner...

Scope and Contents This section of the manuscript contains the Asclepius, attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, but probably by Apuleius. (Virtually all literature ascribed to the name Hermes Trismegistus is incorrectly attributed. Individual works attributed to Hermes Trismegistus are authorised under the title in Library of Congress authority files.) The text is in fact a dialogue between Hermes Trismegistus and Asclepius on cosmological and theological ideas. It is thought to...