Stories
- Article
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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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
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A virtual view of history
Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.
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The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
Catalogue
- Journals
Majallat Maʻhad al-Makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah / Jāmiʻat al-Duwal al-ʻArabīyah.
Date: 1955-- Books
Ismaili manuscripts and other Arabic manuscripts : A descriptive catalogue of manuscripts in the library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies / Delia Cortese.
Institute of Ismaili Studies.Date: 2000- Books
Descriptive catalogue of the Persian manuscripts / by Shaukat Ali Khan.
Arabic and Persian Research Institute Rajasthan.Date: 1987-- Books
Arabic Ismaili manuscripts : the Zāhid ʻAlī Collection in the library of the Institute of Ismaili Studies / [edited and introduced by] Delia Cortese.
Date: 2003- Books
al-Kitāb al-ʻArabī al-Makhṭūṭ : ilá al-qarn al-ʻāshir al-hijrī / jamaʻahā wa-ʻallaqa ʻalayhā Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Munajjid.
Munajjid, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn.Date: [1960-]