Stories
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
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Lustmord and the three perspectives of murder
Artist Jenny Holzer's work shines a light on the three perspectives of sexual murder: the victim, the perpetrator and the observer.
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The evil eye and social anxiety
The ‘look’ of the evil eye is believed to bring bad luck, illness or even death. This ancient curse might be deliberate, inflicted with an envious glare, or it could be accidental, the result of undue attention or excessive praise.
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To write in golden photographs
When Rachel Genn’s brother disappeared, a newspaper article led the family to his bedside. But the accident he’d barely survived was not to be the last tragedy in his life.
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Dedication to Philip III and blessed male Augustinians. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
Gatti, Oliviero, 1579-approximately 1648?Date: 1614Reference: 32469iPart of: People and orders related to the Augustinian order. Engravings by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.- Pictures
Two women herders washing a goat in a pool, with goats and cattle, watched by a man seated on the bank. Engraving by W. Miller after Claude Lorraine.
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.Date: [between 1840 and 1849?]Reference: 3055151iPart of: Engravings after the best pictures of the great masters :
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Saints, martyrs, blessed and bishops of the Augustinian order. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
Gatti, Oliviero, 1579-approximately 1648?Date: 1614Reference: 32470iPart of: People and orders related to the Augustinian order. Engravings by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
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The Trinity with the Virgin and Saint John above blessed female Augustinians. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
Gatti, Oliviero, 1579-approximately 1648?Date: 1614Reference: 32468iPart of: People and orders related to the Augustinian order. Engravings by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
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Martyr saints of the Augustinian order and representations of the individual orders. Engraving by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.
Gatti, Oliviero, 1579-approximately 1648?Date: 1614Reference: 32492iPart of: People and orders related to the Augustinian order. Engravings by Oliviero Gatti, 1614.