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Facing The Dragon Arum
The Dragon Arum or Dracunculus vulgaris (1801), a striking mezzotint illustration, was added to the collection by Rare Books in 2017 and is currently on prominent display …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/04/19/facing-the-dragon-arum
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Pygmies versing beasts according to Homer and Pliny
According to Homer, there existed a tribe of Pygmies, or diminutive people one-and-a-half feet tall, who were constantly at war with cranes (The Iliad book III). …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/03/19/pygmies-versing-beasts-according-to-homer-and-pliny
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Yolngu culture comes to the Baillieu Library Print Collection
‘May I have a volunteer to cut off their hair.’ This was the arresting opening statement to the art history tutorial led by Yolngu elder and …
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/10/26/yolngu-culture-comes-to-the-baillieu-library-print-collection
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