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Would you like to buy a dinosaur?
Two remarkable letters and a drawing of a plesiosaur by Mary Anning offer a tantalising portal into the exciting world of fossil hunting and discovery of the 1800s.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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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.
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
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![Ḥeleḳ riʼshon [shelishi] mispar ha-ʻolamot o maʻaśeh ṭoviyah / [Tobias Cohen].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0015959/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![Ḥeleḳ riʼshon [shelishi] mispar ha-ʻolamot o maʻaśeh ṭoviyah / [Tobias Cohen].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0014928/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
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R. Mosis Majemonidae De sacrificiis liber : acceserunt Arabanelis exordium, seu prooemium commentariorum in Leviticum, et Majemonidae Tractatus de consecratione calendarum et de ratione intercalandi / quae ex Hebraeo convertit in sermonem Latinum & notis illustravit Ludovicus de Compiegne de Veil.
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204Date: 1683- Books
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A historical and law treatise against the Jews and Judaism: Shewing that by the ancient establish'd laws of the land, no Jew hath any right to live in England, no[t] to appear without Yellow Badges upon his or her upper garment; that none of the rabbies of the Jews shall upon pain of death, pervert any Christian to Judaism; that no Jew shall cohabit with a Christian woman; that no Jew shall be sworn upon the holy evangelist, nor be admitted to swear upon any other Christian translation; no Jew shall bring his action against a Christian but in the Queen's name; no Jew's widdow shall adminster, but the right of adminstration is in the Queen; no jews synagogue shall be errected in England, but all such shall be suppres'd; and lastly, that the return of the Jews after their total expulsion, render them all uncapable of receiving any benefit by our law. Together with a consutation of the two arguments us'd by some for the re-admission of the Jews.
B. B.Date: Printed in the year 1703- Books
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A historical and law treatise against the Jews and Judaism: shewing that by the antient establish'd laws of the land, no Jew hath any right to live in England, nor to appear without yellow badges upon his or her garment; that none of the Rabbies of the Jews shall upon pain of death pervert any Christian to Judaism, that no Jew shall cohabit with a Christian woman; that no Jew shall be witness against a Christian; that no Jew shall be sworn upon the Holy Evangelist, nor be admitted to swear upon any other Christian translation, no Jew shall bring his action against a Christian, but in the King's name; no Jew's widow shall administer, but the right of administration is in the king, no Jews synagogue shall be erected in England, but all such shall be suppress'd; and lastly, that the return of the Jews after their total expulsion, renders them all uncapable of receiving any benefit by our laws. Together with a confutation of the two arguments us'd by some for the re-admission of the Jews.
B. B.Date: 1721- Books
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[In Hebrew] : Canones poenitentiæ Hebraicè à R. Mose Ægyptio descripti, Latinitate donati à G.N.
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204Date: MDCXXXI. [1631]- Books
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Letters of certain Jews to Monsieur de Voltaire. Containing an apology for their own people, and for the Old Testament; with critical reflections ... In two volumes. Translated by the Rev. Philip Lefanu, ...
Guénée, Antoine, 1717-1803.Date: 1777