Stories
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Our bodies inside out
A series of exquisite ink and watercolour illustrations reveal the incredible things going on under our skin.
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Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages
Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.
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Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’
An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.
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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
Catalogue
- Books
Principles of physics and meteorology / By J. Müller. Illustrated with 530 engravings on wood, and two coloured plates. [Translated by E.C. Otté].
Müller, Johann (Johann Heinrich Jakob), 1809-1875.Date: 1847- Books
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. epitomiz'd ... / By Richard Boulton. Illustrated with copper plates.
Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.Date: 1699-1700- Books
A system of surgery / Extracted from the works of Benjamin Bell, of Edinburgh: By Nicholas B. Waters. Illustrated with notes and copperplates.
Bell, Benjamin, 1749-1806.Date: 1806- Books
A system of surgery / Extracted from the works of Benjamin Bell, of Edinburgh by Nicholas B. Waters. Illustrated with notes and copper-plates.
Bell, Benjamin, 1749-1806.Date: 1802- Books
A system of surgery / Extracted from the works of Benjamin Bell, of Edinburgh by Nicholas B[aker] Waters. Illustrated with notes and copperplates.
Bell, Benjamin, 1749-1806.Date: 1791