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A distribution point for research in Optimality Theory

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A free, publicly accessible repository of the research outputs of the School of Oriental and African Studies ..... contains both full text papers and metadata only (descriptive) records of research carried out by SOAS staff members

Lithographic plate album of splints, traction equipment, bandaging techniques, surgical tools, trephining drills and assorted hospital equipment. More sophisticated than I would have guessed. (by Franz Andreas Ott) [part of great Edoc monograph dbase]

(short post) Centred around a wonderful caricature map of the world at the beginning of WorldWar I. But it's from Japan, found in a China propaganda exhibition site so the interpretations are open to debate.

Illustrations of runestone monuments and runic text from the earliest antiquarian book (by Ole Worm, 1643) devoted to reviewing Danish historical stone monuments. This book helped define the scientific approach to archaeological site surveys.

Original design sketches and posters by 20th cent. Italian architect and designer, Ettore Sottsass. He covered the gamut of household and industrial design with modernist flair. Probably best known for the pop-art(-esque) Valentine Olivetti typewriter.

16th cent. anonymous handpainted manuscript containing more than 300 colourful national costumes from all parts of the (then) known world. Probably from Augsburg.