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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages

Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.

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Hands-on healthcare

A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.

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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.

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Deciding a date for the end of the world

When will the world end? Charlotte Sleigh explores how our obsession with dates and dramatic imaginings of the end can distract us from the dangers slowly creeping up on us.

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  • Saint John the Evangelist: eleven episodes in the Book of Revelation. Engraving after J. Snellinck, 1585.
  • Saint John the Evangelist: twelve episodes in the Book of Revelation. Engraving after J. Snellinck, 1585.
  • The seven golden candlesticks described in the book of Revelation. Engraving by L. Masson after B. Lens.
  • Above, allegorical figures of Reason and Revelation, standing in niches; below, men and devils digging in a saltmine. Engraving, 1670/1685, after W. Hollar, 1659.
  • The woman clothed with the sun is attacked by a seven-headed dragon; her child is ejected up to God: representing the 12th Book of Revelation. Engraving.
  • A young woman pressing a half-open book to her heart, her eyes raised upwards, as she undergoes a religious revelation. Colour lithograph after James Sant.
  • The revelation of St John: an angel descending from the sun brandishing a sword for punishment of the sinful; an allegory of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Peret, 1993.
  • Revelationes divinae a sanctis angelis factae.
  • The seven-headed beast is worshipped by men of all nations, as told in the Book of Revelations. Engraving.
  • Specification of Henry Revell Spicer : cases for preserving human remains.
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