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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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Book design, dissected
Gwen Smith talks to art director Peter Dyer about imagery, colour, type and staying true to the pages within.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
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You, a thousand years ago
Jack Hartnell argues that, if we were transported into the medieval past, we’d find ourselves somewhere different yet strangely familiar.
Catalogue
- Journals
Rare books and manuscripts librarianship.
Date: [©1986-1999]- Books
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Catalogue of the printed books and manuscripts.
John Rylands Library.Date: 1899- Journals
RBM : a journal of rare books, manuscripts, and cultural heritage.
Date: 2000-- Books
The catalogues of the oriental printed books and manuscripts.
British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts.Date: 1959- Digital Images
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View of printed catalogues: manuscripts and pre-1850 books