Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries is a research project currently running at the University Library, funded by the Wellcome Trust. The team will be working with over 180 medieval manuscripts which contain approximately 8,000 medical recipes, aiming to digitalise, catalogue and conserve them. For more information, visit the project page, or watch the video below to hear project lead Dr James Freeman explain more about the project aims, and why medieval medical recipes are important:

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