Stories
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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The enigma of the medieval folding almanac
With its combination of rich, portable data and high-end style, this folding almanac could have been the medieval equivalent of the latest iPhone.
- Photo story
Beautiful bedding and how to die well
When you are unwell, your bed can be both a refuge and a prison. Discover how artist Poppy Nash created a bed-centred artwork inspired by her own chronic illness and depictions of ill health from history.
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Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages
Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.
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Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Bacon Frank Manuscript Collection, and associated material
Johnston, Nathaniel, 1627-1705.Date: mid 15th century - mid 18th centuryReference: MSS.550, 3083-3086 and 6079-6080- Books
Trans and genderqueer subjects in medieval hagiography / edited by Alicia Spencer-Hall and Blake Gutt.
Date: [2021]- Books
Migraine : a history / Katherine Foxhall.
Foxhall, KatherineDate: 2019- Books
A history of geology and medicine / edited by C.J. Duffin, The Natural History Museum, London, UK, R.T.J. Moody, Kingston University, London, UK, and C. Gardner-Thorpe, University of Exeter Medical School, UK.
Date: [2013]
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On an unpublished English anatomical treatise of the fourteenth century, and its relation to the Anatomy of Thomas Vicary / by J.F. Payne.
Payne, Joseph Frank, 1840-1910.Date: 1896