Stories
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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In search of the real Sultan Tipu
Who was Tipu? David Jesudason explores the life of an 18th-century Indian leader, while confronting racist imagery and the destructive impact of colonialism.
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Divining the world through an artist’s almanac
Amanda Couch's artists book, 'Huwawa in the Everyday: an almanac' is inspired by the entrail like folds of a medieval folding and its function as a guide for astrological divinations linking the body, health and the heavens. Like the original almanac her work is designed to be carried out into the wider world.
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Why zombies can’t help coming back
Although it might appear that zombies are a 20th-century phenomenon, created for the horror-movie industry, they’ve actually been around since medieval times. Find out what zombies like to do, and how to get rid of them.
Catalogue
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Scholars' guide to Washington, D.C., for South Asian studies : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka / Enayetur Rahim ; consultants, Purnima M. Bhatt, Louis A. Jacob.
Rahim, Enayetur.Date: 1981- Books
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Scholars of Byzantium / N.G. Wilson.
Wilson, N. G. (Nigel Guy), 1935-Date: [1996], ©1996- Books
Scholars of Byzantium / N.G. Wilson.
Wilson, N. G. (Nigel Guy), 1935-Date: 1983- Pictures
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Scholars pass a church, Oxford. Tinted lithograph.
Reference: 24549i- Pictures
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Scholars at a lecture. Engraving by W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: March 3rd 1736Reference: 39166i