Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem: interior. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Shrine of the Nativity, Bethlehem. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1843.

Bethlehem: a monk praying in the chapel of the Nativity. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after F.E. Pâris, 1862.

Singapore: a western hunter and native Malays with a background view of the Roman Catholic Mission Church at Bukit Timah. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Ornithogalum umbellatum L. Hyacinthaceae Star of Bethlehem, Grass lily. Distribution: Central Europe, SW Asia, NW Africa. All parts are poisonous, especially the bulbs. The toxin is a cardiac glycoside with effects similar to digoxin, vomiting, cardiac irregularities and death in humans and livestock. Only used for decoration by Native Americans (it is a non-native plant that has escaped into the wild from cultivation) and called Sleepydick (Moerman, 1998). One of its toxins is Convallotoxin, also present in Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

Nativity, by Gaddi, showing swadding and bathing, 14thC

The nativity of Christ. Chromolithograph by W. Greve after Fattorini after B. Betti, il Pintoricchio.

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An excursion into Bethlehem & Nazareth, in Pennsylvania, in the year 1799; with a succinct history of the Society of United Brethren, commonly called Moravians. By John C. Ogden, presbyter in the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States.

Practical discourses upon the most important subjects; Viz. Of Covetousness Of Confession. Of Watching and Praying. Of Christian Liberty. On Christ's Nativity. Of Purifying the Temple. On the Resurrection. Of the Possibility of Keeping God's Law. Of Feasting. Of Moderation. Of Superstition. On the Martyrdom of King Charles I. All Preach'd on Particular Occasions before the State in the Cathedral of St. Patrick's, and Christ-Church, Dublin. By the Right Reverend Father in God, William Sheridan, D.D. Lord Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh. (depriv'd.) In three volumes.

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Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem: interior. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Shrine of the Nativity, Bethlehem. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1843.

Bethlehem: a monk praying in the chapel of the Nativity. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after F.E. Pâris, 1862.

An excursion into Bethlehem & Nazareth, in Pennsylvania, in the year 1799; with a succinct history of the Society of United Brethren, commonly called Moravians. By John C. Ogden, presbyter in the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States.

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The birth of the public museum

The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians

Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life

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Catalogue

Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem: interior. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Shrine of the Nativity, Bethlehem. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1843.

Bethlehem: a monk praying in the chapel of the Nativity. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after F.E. Pâris, 1862.

An excursion into Bethlehem & Nazareth, in Pennsylvania, in the year 1799; with a succinct history of the Society of United Brethren, commonly called Moravians. By John C. Ogden, presbyter in the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States.