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European collections of scientific instruments, 1550-1750
Collections of scientific instruments originated as part of Renaissance collections of 'naturalia' and 'artificialia'. Surveying and astronomical instruments were common in such collections, their role being to impress visitors by displaying the power that a ruler acquired through the control of nature. This book offers selected studies of notable European...scientific apparatus and instruments Europe renaissance collections science
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Early Medieval Scotland: Individuals, communities and ideas
The elaborately carved Hilton of Cadboll stone, the house-shaped Monymusk Reliquary and the sumptuously decorated Hunterston brooch (all on view in the National Museum of Scotland) are evidence of the sophistication of Scottish craftsmen in the time AD 300-900, formerly known as the 'Dark Ages'. A pioneering partnership between National...Clarke, David V ; Blackwell, Alice ; Goldberg, D Martin
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Gold from the tomb of Scribe Beri: a comparative analytical approach to the New Kingdom gold grave goods from Riqqa (Egypt)
The gold necklace and penannular earrings from tomb 296 at Riqqa, containing the coffins of a female and of a male, the latter a scribe named Beri of the reign of Tuthmosis III (eighteenth Dynasty Egypt), were analysed by PIXE, XRF, and EDS, together with eight penannular earrings from other...Troalen, Lore ; Guerra, Maria Filomena
Recycling, Gold alloys, Qurneh, Solder, Egypt, and Polychromy
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'Culture and constraints: further thoughts on ethnography and exhibiting’
This article explores the context of ethnographic exhibiting, and provides a brief overview of the main impact of critical theory on the interpretation of ethnographic displays. Using a model which separates the poetics from the politics of representation, it explores how curators actively reflect these debates through analysis of an...Lidchi, Henrietta
Poetics, Audiences, Exhibitions, Politics, Ethnography, and Irony
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How art treasures reveal the story of the Celts
A major exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland is seeking to unravel the complex story of the different groups who have been given the name Celts, through the extraordinary art objects they made and used.Hunter, Fraser ; Goldberg, D Martin
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A Neolithic carved stone ball from Scotland, acquired by Sir John Lubbock (Lord Avebury), with comments on the Scottish connections of Lubbock and his collection
A previously unpublished Neolithic carved stone ball from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is described. This intricately decorated object formed part of tht collection of Sir John Lubbock (Lord Avebury) and is now housed at the Bromley Museum, Orpington, Greater London. The intrinsic importance of this ball is discussed and its interest is...Saville, Alan