Stories
- Article
The secret hystery of a womb
A Renaissance image of a caesarean section inspired Anna Blundy to recount the story of a hidden, perhaps mysterious part of her body.
- Article
Medieval doodles
Fish, lute players and defaced demons: marginal doodles in some of Europe’s first printed books provide a tantalising glimpse into the late-medieval mind.
- Article
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.
- Photo story
Beautiful bedding and how to die well
When you are unwell, your bed can be both a refuge and a prison. Discover how artist Poppy Nash created a bed-centred artwork inspired by her own chronic illness and depictions of ill health from history.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Woodcut Album
Date: 20th CenturyReference: PENROSE/1/8/3/3Part of: L. S. Penrose Papers- Digital Images
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Woodcut, Anatomical Fugitive Sheet.
- Archives and manuscripts
Woodcut Productions. Correspondence
Date: Nov-Dec 1985Reference: SA/BAC/E/3/1/2Part of: BACUP (British Association of Cancer United Patients and their families and friends)- Digital Images
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Woodcut: skeleton with right forearm
- Digital Images
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Woodcut illustration, Ambrose Parey, 1634.