Stories
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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.
- In pictures
Stories of Asian palm-leaf manuscripts
Wellcome’s Adrian Plau shares some the stories behind the Asian palm-leaf manuscripts in our collections. He reveals how British colonialism impacted this special form of knowledge transmission and the challenges involved in unearthing each manuscript’s origins and historical journey to Wellcome Collection.
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Interpreting the Ayurvedic Man
A British Sign Language video is the latest interpretation of an unique 18th-century Nepali painting about Ayurvedic medicine.
- In pictures
Writing the language of music
The earliest surviving attempts to notate music date from the 10th century, and became increasingly precise and complex over the following millennium. Discover the visual beauty of music manuscripts through the ages, and how they help musicians interpret composers’ intentions.
Catalogue
- Books
Manuscript sources for birth control / John M. Riddle.
Riddle, John MDate: 1995- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Manuscript
Date: 1958Reference: RAMC/359Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Manuscript
Date: c.1980sReference: GC/178/C/6/4Part of: Chave, Sidney- Books
Manuscript book of predictions and secrets
- Books
[Manuscript of drawings of the arteries / Charles Bell].
Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842.Date: [1971?]
