Elizabeth Archibald
Ask the Past gathers advice from the past and applies it obligingly to the questions of the present.
Edited by Elizabeth Archibald, who has a Ph.D. in History from Yale University. Her research focuses on medieval education and the history of the book, and she teaches at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.
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How to Freshen Your Face, 1565
15 October 2019
John Bulwer, AnthropometamorphosisTake a bean, and having chewed it well, spit it on a cloth, then rub your face with this, and you will make the face beautiful and glowing, and the...
How to Increase Your Energy, 15th century
2 October 2019
Getty MS Ludwig XV i, f. 13 (15th c.)For the evil that is called lethargy. Take your own hair, burnt, mixed with vinegar and a little pitch, and lay that over the nostrils.Also,...
25 September 2019
BnF, MS Lat. 9471 (15th c.)A most beautiful and pleasant secret for curing a cough by greasing the soles of the feet. An extremely true thing, and very easy. Take two or three...
How to Interpret Forehead Wrinkles, 156
17 September 2019
“Well-positioned and advantageous lines are those that are either straight or a little bent, continuous, clear, not divided, not interrupted,...