Stories
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You, a thousand years ago
Jack Hartnell argues that, if we were transported into the medieval past, we’d find ourselves somewhere different yet strangely familiar.
- Article
Where does violence come from?
The popular understanding of certain ideas in psychology have become so embedded that it’s easy to blame the parents when a young person commits a crime. Laura Bui looks to the past for evidence.
Catalogue
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Abraham and the men of his house circumcising themselves. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Reference: 22904i- Books
Krew : łczy i dzieli / koncepcja merytoryczna i redakcja katalogu: Małgorzata Stolarska-Fronia = Blood : uniting & dividing / concept and editing: Małgorzata Stolarska-Fronia.
Date: [2017]- Books
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A sermon preached in the cathedral-church of Exeter, on the general fast-day, February 6. 1756. By the Lord Bishop of Exeter. Published at the Request of the Rt. Worshipful the Mayor, and Chamber.
Lavington, George, 1684?-1762.Date: [1756]- Pictures
Three scenes: a woman undergoing a trial for adultery, a Jewish burial and circumcision ceremony. Etching after a woodcut, 1682.
Reference: 22873i- Pictures
Simeon takes the infant Christ in his arms. Etching by A. Smith.
Reference: 22011i