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  • Rest in Pieces: The story of a hanged woman and her journey to becoming a museum object. By Ali Well

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on July 27, 2016   When referring to “skeletons in the cupboard” we rarely expect these to be literally true, but in the case of Mary Ann Higgins and the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, it is.

  • Research degrees

    Study with us and you will become part of an internationally-renowned research community. Find out more about PhDs in Museum Studies at Leicester.

  • Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

    The Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and genocide studies was founded in 1990 and its mission is to conduct research into the Holocaust and related issues.

  • Leicester archaeologists discover more hidden history beneath the ruins of the Jewry Wall Museum

    Archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have uncovered a wealth of history hidden beneath the earth around the Jewry Wall Museum.

  • Study

    We offer a range of course options including languages at undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as translation studies and international communication and culture, joint degrees in collaboration with other departments, and research opportunities within Modern Languages.

  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript

    4. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript. The first folio contains some drawings and what appears to be a talismanic verse seeking protection from harmful forces. This may have been added by the manuscript's owner.

  • Immersive experience installed in the David Wilson Library, May 2018

    Immersive experience installed in the David Wilson Library, May 2018

  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript

    6. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript. A decorated border and rubrics helped the reader to navigate the book, marking the start of a new section of text. (Red ink was often used for this purpose).

  • Contents of display case draw

    7. Display case draw containing oak galls, inks and pigments used by medieval scribes and illuminators.

  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript

    5. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript. The blank final page seems to have been used by the owner of the manuscript to record his or her own illustrated interpretation.

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