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Parchment used in immersive experience
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-3/
10. A full-size piece of vellum (calf-skin) suspended on a frame and prepared ready for writing on. The pattern of the animal's spine can still be seen running along the central length of the vellum.
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Contents of display case draw
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9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.
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MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-8/
3. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover. The book board is only partially covered in tanned leather and has been repaired. The nature of the repair suggests it may have been made 'on the fly'.
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cl13
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/corinne_lambert/
The Dryad Collection – basket weaving Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on August 30, 2022 As I catalogue the Dryad Collection, I was surprised to see that the books on basket weaving not only included “How to” manuals, but also books that were concerned with the...
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Victoria Szafara
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/author/victoria_szafara/
Research Assistant for the Arch-I-Scan project, University of Leicester; Postgraduate research student in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester
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Productive Alternatives to Boris Johnson’s Cheesy Vision of Homeworking
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2022/05/17/productive-alternatives-to-boris-johnsons-cheesy-vision-of-homeworking/
Hybrid working solves the trade-off of home versus office working, with benefits for both employees and employers, writes ULSB's Professor Stephen Wood.
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Backward schedule your Christmas turkey (under finite resources)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/12/06/backward-schedule-your-christmas-turkey-under-finite-resources/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on December 6, 2017 In this week’s blog, Dr Nicola Bateman, Associate Professor Operations Management ( nab34@le.ac.uk ) uses operations management to get all the bits of your Christmas dinner on the table at the same time.
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MA Museum Studies Placement Weeks 3-4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/08/12/ma-museum-studies-placement-weeks-3-4/
Posted by can19 in Library Special Collections on August 12, 2022 Teddies in 3 Activity Sheet for Red Textbook 2 Cataloguing the Rose Griffiths Archive During week 3 I began to get deeper into the cataloguing process, and I also began to re-box all the material.
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MA Museum Studies Placement Week 7-8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/09/09/ma-museum-studies-placement-week-7-8/
Posted by can19 in Library Special Collections on September 9, 2022 My time now at the University of Leicester Archives and Special Collections has ended, and I am proud of what I have achieved.
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 6
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/6/
Fellowships in Physics and Astronomy at Leicester 2022 Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 20 May 2022 The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester welcomes applicants for independent research fellowships to be hosted here...