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  • 2007
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    The Cutting Edge: Scotland's Contemporary Crafts

    The Cutting Edge celebrates the diverse range of innovative and exciting new craft work currently being produced by emerging Scottish artists in a wide range of media – ceramics, glass, metal, textiles, paper, leather, furniture and baskets. As well as essays by leading figures on the contemporary craft scene the...
    Baird, Catriona ;   Watban, Rose
  • 2007
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    Ancient Glass in the National Museums Scotland

    Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland catalogues the extensive collection of glass vessels, objects and fragments from late Bronze Age to the Middle Ages to be found in National Museums Scotland. The collection has been assembled over the past 150 years and is based largely on East Mediterranean pieces. An...
    Lightfoot, C S
  • 2009
    Book

    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

  • 2009
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    Illuminating instruments

    This 7th volume in the Artefacts series looks at a number of significant instruments that were created to serve various scientific purposes. The contributors examine the roles these instruments played both as scientific devices developed to advance our knowledge of the world and as cultural artifacts manufactured and used in...
  • 2010
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    Fossils

    Explore the extraordinary world of fossils; find out how they’re formed, where to find them and how to identify them in this information book. Written by palaeontology expert Dr Andrew Ross, in conjunction with the National Museum of Scotland, this book will help children discover all the fascinating details of...
    Ross, Andrew
  • 2010
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    Triassic life on land: the great transition

    The Triassic period is generally viewed as the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. For paleontologists, however, it also marks the rise of the world's first modern land ecosystems. Over the past three decades, extensive, worldwide fieldwork has led to the discovery of many new species of Triassic animals and...
    Sues, Hans-Dieter ;   Fraser, Nicholas C

    Paleobiology Triassic Paleontology Paleobotany

  • 2010
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    Sourcing Scottish redwares

    Sourcing Scottish Redwares examines Scotland's extensive iron-rich clay sources which were exploited for the production of pottery, tiles and later bricks, from the 13th century onwards. Supported by Historic Scotland the authors used inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) in conjunction with the British Geological Survey's national geochemical database of stream...
    Haggarty, George ;   Hall, Derek ;   Chenery, Simon
  • 2010
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    Shunga: Erotic Art in Japan

    This intriguing introduction to Japanese erotic art, known as shunga, is full of humour and human interest. A large quantity of paintings, handscrolls, prints and illustrated books of erotica was produced in Japan between 1600 and 1900. As urban culture expanded rapidly during the seventeenth century, erotic woodblock prints were...
    Buckland, Rosina

    Edo period

  • 2010
    Book

    Lewis Chessmen Unmasked

    The humorous and intricately designed hoard of Lewis Chessmen is one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made in Scotland. The Lewis Chessmen were found hidden on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, in the early nineteenth century. It of seated consisted kings and queens, mitred bishops, knights on...
    Caldwell, David H ;   Hall, Mark A ;   Wilkinson, Caroline M

    Viking and Scotland

  • 2011
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    The natural history of Hoverflies

    Hoverflies are valuable insects and particularly over the last two decades, they have started to impact on a wider range of people than just specialists. Hoverflies are known and recognised not just for their striking colours, remarkable hovering behaviour and flower visiting habits but also because of their roles in...
    Rotheray, Graham E ;   Gilbert, Francis