WinColl Collections

Mar 101 min read

WinColl Collections: Medieval Bell

This bell from the 14th century is remarkably inscribed "Ave Gracia"!

Feb 271 min read

WinColl Collections: Etruscan Mirror

This mirror from the mysterious Etruscan civilisation depicts the twins, Castor and Pollux.

Jan 151 min read

WinColl Collections: Renaissance Monkfish

In this 16th-century zoological work, the name "monkfish" has been taken rather too literally...

Dec 27, 20231 min read

WinColl Collections: Wycliffe Bible

This medieval manuscript is an exquisitely decorated early 15th-century copy of the Wycliffe Bible's New Testament.

Dec 15, 20231 min read

WinColl Collections: Riddle Stone

Can you crack this riddle, found outside the Treasury at Winchester College?

Oct 25, 20231 min read

WinColl Collections: Medieval Spoon

Was this medieval spoon owned by William of Wykeham, the 14th-century Bishop of Winchester and founder of Winchester College?

Mar 15, 20232 min read

WinColl Collections: Turner Watercolour

This watercolour, depicting the Rhine, was painted by the famous artist J.M.W. Turner.

Feb 22, 20232 min read

WinColl Collections: Medieval Will

This will from 1411 contains the phrase "forgotten tithes", but had John Stanlegh actually forgotten to pay?

Jan 23, 20231 min read

WinColl Collections: Terrapin Ocarina

This terrapin-shaped ocarina from Honduras offers a brief glimpse into the musical tradition of the pre-Columbian Pech people.

Oct 30, 20223 min read

WinColl Collections: Limoges Enamel

This beautiful crucifix, enamelled in Limoges, would originally have been attached to a larger processional cross!

Jan 16, 20222 min read

WinColl Collections: Japanese Print

This Japanese print, from 1855, depicts people fording a river whilst travelling between Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and Kyoto.

Nov 7, 20212 min read

WinColl Collections: Mourning Lekythos

This Athenian white-ground lekythos, from around 430 BC, depicts scenes of mourning.

Oct 26, 20212 min read

WinColl Collections: Napoleonic Ship

This ship model was made by prisoners of war in Southampton Harbour from bone!

Oct 10, 20212 min read

WinColl Collections: Mappa Mundi

This 14th-century copy of Higden's Polychronicon contains a rare mappa mundi!

Oct 3, 20212 min read

WinColl Collections: Ulm Ptolemy

This edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia was the first atlas to be printed north of the Alps.

Aug 31, 20212 min read

WinColl Collections: Windsor Castle

This watercolour offers insights into life at Windsor Castle in the 18th century.

Aug 19, 20212 min read

WinColl Collections: Thomas Becket

This rare manuscript is both an invaluable resource for historians and relevant to the Becket exhibition at the British Museum.

Aug 8, 20212 min read

WinColl Collections: Japanese Box

Celebrating the Olympics with some Japanese culture, this box was made using traditional Japanese techniques.

Jul 26, 20212 min read

WinColl Collections: Duck Saucer Dish

This porcelain saucer dish has a large number of symbolic depictions, including ducks, peonies and pomegranates.

Jul 21, 20212 min read

WinColl Collections: Duck Scroll Painting

This duck scroll painting, from the Qing Dynasty in China, has a modest colour palette, but a large amount of fine detail.

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