Stories
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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
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The big freeze
In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.
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Indian botanicals and heritage wars
Colonial botanical texts, as astonishingly beautiful as they are, may cast very dark shadows.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Horse Medicine, Italy, 16th-17th century
Date: Late 16th century - early 17th centuryReference: MS.7022- Archives and manuscripts
University of Perugia, 17th century
Date: 17th centuryReference: MS.7153- Archives and manuscripts
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Stanhope, Philip: volume 1
Date: Mid 17th century - late 17th centuryReference: MS.761Part of: Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)- Archives and manuscripts
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Stanhope, Philip: volume 2
Date: Mid 17th century - late 17th centuryReference: MS.762Part of: Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)- Archives and manuscripts
Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)
Stanhope, Philip, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584-1656)Date: Mid 17th century - late 17th centuryReference: MSS.761-762