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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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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion

How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.

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The enigma of the medieval folding almanac

With its combination of rich, portable data and high-end style, this folding almanac could have been the medieval equivalent of the latest iPhone.

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Robinson Crusoe and the morality of solitude

Robinson Crusoe, fiction’s most famous castaway, was certainly isolated, but did he suffer the intrinsically modern affliction of loneliness?

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  • Saint John of Nepomucen. Etching.
  • Saint John of God (?). Engraving.
  • Saint John of Nepomucen. Gouache painting.
  • Saint John of Nepomucen. Gouache painting.
  • Saint John of God (16th century).
  • The coronation of the Virgin with four saints: Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Benedict or Saint Romuald. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • Saint John of God. Colour photogravure, 1898.
  • Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Engraving.
  • Saint Paul the Apostle, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Cecilia, Saint Augustine of Hippo and Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving after Raphael.
  • Saint John of Capestrano (?), a woman saint (Saint Apollonia?), and Janos Hunyadi (?). Tempera painting.
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