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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
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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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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
Catalogue
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Arabic Broadcasts
Date: Feb 1941Reference: HALDANE/5/8/1/2Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Framed Arabic Writing
Date: 22 Mar 1900Reference: GALTON/1/2/4/11/17Part of: Galton Papers- Books
An alphabetical index of Urdu, Arabic, and Persian manuscripts in the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras / by T. Chandrasekharan, ex-curator, P. Thirugnanasambandhan, in-charge of curator, and A. A. Ramanathan, curator, and the staff of the library.
Government Oriental Manuscripts Library (Tamil Nadu, India)Date: 1963- Books
Index of Arabic manuscripts [sic] on medicine and pharmacy at the National Library of Cairo / [Sami Khalaf Hamarneh].
Hamarneh, Sami Khalaf, 1925-2010.Date: 1967- Books
Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts on medicine and pharmacy at the British Library / by Sami K. Hamarneh.
Hamarneh, Sami Khalaf, 1925-2010.Date: 1975