Stories
- Article
A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
- Article
How I cured my fear of vomiting
Emetophobia ruled every waking moment of Alex’s life. Until he came to realise he couldn’t live that way any more.
- Book extract
Naked, not nude
Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.
- Article
Dress and the magic of touch
Fashion, of course, is largely about appearance, but the feeling of clothes on your skin is a complex sensory experience. Shahidha Bari contemplates the human connections in the business of creating and wearing clothes.
Catalogue
- Books
Bookbindings and rubbings of bindings in the Victoria and Albert Museum / by W. H. James Weale.
Weale, W. H. James (William Henry James), 1832-1917.Date: 1962- Books
A catalogue of Manchu materials in Paris : manuscripts, blockprints, scrolls, rubbings, weapons / Tatiana A. Pang.
Pang, Tatiana A.Date: 1998- Books
Bookbindings and rubbings of bindings in the National Art Library, South Kensington Museum / by W.H. James Weale.
Weale, W. H. James (William Henry James), 1832-1917.Date: 1894-1898- Books
Two south Arabian inscriptions / edited from rubbings in the possession of Major-general Sir Neill Malcolm by D.S. Margoliouth.
Date: 1927
- Pictures
- Online
Margaret Barker, of South Ockenden, Essex, 1602. Brass rubbing, 1845.
Reference: 47260i