Pearls, sapphires, diamonds & toadstones I Curator's Corner S3 Ep 8 #CuratorsCorner

Curator Naomi Speakman has already told us about bestiaries – medieval books of animals both real and mythical. Here, she takes us through another type of medieval compendiary – the lapidary, an encyclopaedia of jewels, their properties and their meanings in medieval society.

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Видео Pearls, sapphires, diamonds & toadstones I Curator's Corner S3 Ep 8 #CuratorsCorner канала The British Museum