Stories
- Article
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.
- In pictures
Medieval mobility aids
There are clues in the margins of medieval manuscripts to suggest that disabled people in the past made long pilgrimages, and were helped on their journeys by mobility aids remarkably similar to those we have today.
- Article
Guide dogs or good dogs from the Middle Ages
Medieval illustrations often show blind people, sometimes with dogs. But working out whether these were actually guide dogs involves a mix of detailed detective work and expert speculation.
- Article
Conserving Audrey
Elena describes how specially designed storage allows Audrey’s scrapbooks to retain all traces of her creative process, although their intrinsic fragility means deterioration is almost inevitable.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Seal Sale Executive Committee / Seal Sale (and Appeals) Committee
Date: Jul 1933-Feb 1951Reference: SA/NPT/A/3/4Part of: National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis, successor and associated bodies- Archives and manuscripts
Seal Books
Date: 1926-1958Reference: SA/RSP/A/5/9Part of: Royal Society for Public Health and predecessors- Archives and manuscripts
'Seal use book'
Date: Nov 1974-Apr 1978Reference: SA/CRC/D.5Part of: Cancer Research Campaign, formerly British Empire Cancer Campaign- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Seal, Matthew
Date: 16/09/2009Reference: TP1/A/1733Part of: One and Other Project
- Digital Images
- Online
Seal, CT
Persson, Anders.Date: 2000-2099