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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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
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The house of Joan
The longueurs of hospital stays and enforced inactivity were the spur to Joan’s precise tailoring skills and flamboyant creations, all to the benefit of her fashion-loving sisters.
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A plant (Glaucium sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
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Dentaria bulbifera L.: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17188i- Pictures
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Rockrose (Helianthemum tenuifolium): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate segments of flower and fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17298i- Pictures
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A plant (Nigella arvensis) related to black cummin: flowering and fruiting stem with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
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Saxifrage or rockfoil (Saxifraga sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17303i