Stories
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The house of Joan
The longueurs of hospital stays and enforced inactivity were the spur to Joan’s precise tailoring skills and flamboyant creations, all to the benefit of her fashion-loving sisters.
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The meanings of hurt
In the early modern period, gruesome incidents of self-castration and other types of self-injury garnished the literature of the time. Alanna Skuse explores the messages these wounds conveyed.
Catalogue
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Scythes (top), and views of a starching machine (below). Engraving by D. Lizars.
Reference: 493768i
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Costume des anciens peuples. A l'usage des artistes / Par M. Dandré Bardon ; contenant les usages religieux, civils, domestiques & militaires des Grecs, des Romains, des Israélites & des Hébreux, des Egyptiens, des Perses, des Scythes, des Amazones, des Parthes, des Daces, des Sarmates & autres peuples tant orientaux qu'occidentaux, &c.
Dandré-Bardon, Michel François, 1700-1783.Date: 1784-1786
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Neolithic rock engaving depicting scythes, Norway.
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Men working with scythes
Date: c1900Reference: HB13/15/164Part of: Records of Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland
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Makers of scythes and sickels hammering a metal blade on an anvil. Woodcut by J. Amman.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1568]Reference: 34945i