16/12/25

Publication of the monograph “Vernacularities in Medieval and Renaissance Science: Texts, Creators, Professionals” in Magnificat magazine

Issue 12 of the journal Magnificat. Cultura i literatura medievals, published by the University of Valencia, has just released the monographic dossier “Vernacularitats en la ciència medieval i renaixentista: textos, creadors, professionals” (Vernacularities in Medieval and Renaissance Science: Texts, Creators, Professionals), coordinated by Lluís Cifuentes (UV) and Carmel Ferragud (IILP-UV). It includes nine articles by members of the research project funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, which bears the same name as the monograph and whose IP1 and IP2 are both coordinators. The works included are dedicated to Catalan (3), Occitan (5), Castilian (8), and Venetian (9) medical translations; medical texts in the vernacular mixed with Hebrew (1, 2); specialized vocabulary (2); the practice of medicine (3, 6, 7); and the environment of the Valencian physician and literary creator Jaume Roig (4).

Works published by Carmel Ferragud, researcher at the Institute, and Marialuz López Terrada (INGENIO, CSIC-UPV), close collaborator:

Lluís Cifuentes and Carmel Ferragud, “Joan Jacme, surgeon to James I and Peter the Great, author of the Catalan translation of Alcoatí's ”*Kitāb al-*ʿuyūn“ (”Book of the Eyes“)”: https://turia.uv.es/index.php/MCLM/article/view/30840  

Marialuz López Terrada, “The practice of surgery in a Renaissance hospital: the surgeons of the General Hospital of Valencia in the 16th century”: https://turia.uv.es/index.php/MCLM/article/view/29886 

Open access to all articles: https://turia.uv.es/index.php/MCLM/index

18/11/25

Library closed in the afternoons of 21, 24 and 25 of November

The Researchers' Room of the Biblioteca Historicomèdica will be closed on the afternoons of next 21, 24 and 25 of November (from 14:00h on). You will have the Study Room on the first floor at your disposal.

If you need to return your book, you can leave it at the concierge desk on the ground floor.

We apologise for any inconvenience

21/10/25

Library closed in the afternoons of 30 and 31 of June

The Researchers' Room of the Biblioteca Historicomèdica will be closed on the afternoons of next 30 and 31 of october (from 14:00h on). You will have the Study Room on the first floor at your disposal.

If you need to return your book, you can leave it at the concierge desk on the ground floor.

We apologise for any inconvenience

06/10/25

Library closed on the afternoon of October 8

The Research Room at the Historicomèdica Library will be closed on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 8 (from 2:00 p.m. onwards). The Study Room on the first floor will remain open.

If you need to return a book, you can leave it at the concierge desk on the ground floor. 

We apologize for any inconvenience.

29/09/25

Libraries closed due to Emergency Level 3

Due to the declaration of emergency level 3 at the University of Valencia, starting at 00:01 on Monday, September 29, 2025, the libraries and archives will remain closed throughout the day.

According to the instructions from the Rector and the UV Emergency Committee:

• All on-site activities (teaching, administrative, research, cultural, and sports) are suspended.

• Only support and maintenance of critical facilities will continue.

• On Monday 29 there will be no teaching activity, either on-site or online.

The Servei de Biblioteques i Documentació will provide updates on the website and through its usual channels if the emergency situation is extended.