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.
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Interpreting the Ayurvedic Man
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Beautiful bedding and how to die well
When you are unwell, your bed can be both a refuge and a prison. Discover how artist Poppy Nash created a bed-centred artwork inspired by her own chronic illness and depictions of ill health from history.
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The eye of darshan
The Hindu concept of darshan means “divine revelation”, but it’s also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Adrian Plau explains how one image in a Panjabi manuscript relates to darshan, and why it’s so striking.
Catalogue
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Manuscript paintings from the Ramayana / Nima Poovaya-Smith, J.P. Losty and Jane Bevan.
Poovaya-Smith, Nima.Date: 1989- Books
The glory of the page : medieval & renaissance illuminated manuscripts from Glasgow University Library / introduction & catalogue by Nigel Thorp.
University of Glasgow. Library.Date: [1987], ©1987- Books
Handschriften aus Südostasien : Ausstellung der Orientabteilung der Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz im Haus am Lützowplatz vom 8. Januar bis 13. Februar 1977 / [Ausstellung und Katalog, Dieter George].
George, Dieter, -1985.Date: [1976], ©1976- Books
Krew : łczy i dzieli / koncepcja merytoryczna i redakcja katalogu: Małgorzata Stolarska-Fronia = Blood : uniting & dividing / concept and editing: Małgorzata Stolarska-Fronia.
Date: [2017]- Books
Ayurvedic man : encounters with Indian medicine / introduction, Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz.
Wellcome CollectionDate: 2017