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Concept

Writing

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  • Saint Luke, writing his gospel. Engraving after C. Visscher.
  • The old writing master sharpens his pen at the window with his students in the background. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1836, after G. Dou.
  • The risen Christ shows his lance wound to Saint Thomas. Engraving by J. Sturt.
  • Saint Gregory, wearing papal costume, is seated at his desk writing his homilies. Engraving by Houatt and N. Bazin after A. Dieu, 17--.
  • Zacharias (father of John the Baptist), struck dumb, writes that his son should be known as John. Etching by C. Tinti, 1771, after A. del Sarto.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: patients taking afternoon tea, and a nurse waiting to collect a letter from a slow writer. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • An Egyptian man sits beside his hooka writing a letter, he is watched by his client, a woman. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1849, after D. Roberts.
  • A man writing; representing the faculty of memory. Engraving, 16--.
  • A surgeon bleeding a woman patient's arm, he is assisted by two attendants. Engraving by F. Baretta after P. Mainoto.
  • Saint Paul and Saint Peter. Colour crayon manner print by F. Bartolozzi after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
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Catalogue

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    The world's writing systems / edited by Peter T. Daniels and William Bright.

    | Date: 1996
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    Winning the publications game : how to write a scientific paper without neglecting your patients / Tim Albert.

    Albert, Tim. | Date: 2000
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    Literacy and social development in the West : a reader / edited by Harvey J. Graff.

    | Date: 1981
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    Recovering bodies : illness, disability, and life-writing / G. Thomas Couser.

    Couser, G. Thomas. | Date: [1997], ©1997
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    The Tanner Lectures on Human Values. V 1984 / Carlos Fuentas [and others] ; Sterling M. McMurrin, editor.

    Fuentes, Carlos. | Date: 1984
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