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Searchable database of tens of thousands of images and records of objects in the British Museum collection, spanning thousands of years and from all across the world.
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Modern Language: English
Medieval content details:
Subject: Agriculture, Anglo-Saxons, Archaeology, Art, Asiatic Nomads, Byzantium, Carolingians, Crusades, Death, Burial, Early Germanic Peoples, Economy, Family, Children, Marriage, Food and Drink, Gender, Government, History, Iconography, Jews, Judaism, Magic, Witchcraft, Manuscript Studies, Maritime, Material Culture, Medicine, Monasticism, Music, Muslims, Islam, Nobility, Gentry, Papacy, Peasants, Plague, Disease, Political Thought, Poverty, Charity, Recreation, Entertainment, Religion - Institutional Church, Royalty, Monarchs, Saints, Science, Mathematics, Seals, Sex, Sexuality, Slavery, Towns, Cities, Travel, Pilgrimage, Vikings, War, Women, Women Religious
Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: Art and Artifacts, Ceramics, Pottery, Clothing, Coins, Furniture, Household Goods, Jewelry, Metalwork, Mosaics, Paintings, Religious Objects, Sculpture, Seals, Tapestries, Wall Hangings, Woodwork
Original Language: Arabic (Middle), Aramaic, Armenian, Celtic, Chinese, Coptic, Czech, Dutch, English, Ethiopian, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Norse, Persian (Middle), Portuguese, Slavic, Spanish, Syriac, Turkish