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WinColl Collections: Medieval Will
This will from 1411 contains the phrase "forgotten tithes", but had John Stanlegh actually forgotten to pay?
Feb 22, 20232 min read


Exhibition — Watercolours from Winchester College
Some of of Winchester College's remarkable watercolours are displayed in this exhibition.
Feb 2, 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.
Jan 23, 20231 min read


Exhibition — Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt
Who deciphered the Rosetta Stone and hieroglyphs? This is less a study of ancient Egypt than of 19th-century Europe!
Jan 5, 20231 min read


Merry Christmas!
Was "O Come All Ye Faithful" originally written as a Jacobite anthem? Can you transcribe this historical document?
Dec 28, 20221 min read


The Annunciation at Winchester
This article surveys Winchester College's deep relationship with the Annunciation story.
Nov 9, 20224 min read


WinColl Collections: Limoges Enamel
This beautiful crucifix, enamelled in Limoges, would originally have been attached to a larger processional cross!
Oct 30, 20223 min read


Exhibition — The World of Stonehenge
Was the world of Stonehenge sophisticated? That's what this exhibition explores.
Jun 9, 20221 min read


Exhibition — Stonehenge
Who built the enigmatic stone circle, how and why?
Jun 4, 20221 min read


A Model of Wykeham's Tomb
This wax model of William of Wykeham's tomb is one of the quirkier objects in Winchester College's collections.
Mar 3, 20221 min read


Exhibition — Peru: a journey in time
Llamas, maize, hallucinogenic cacti, textiles and the Pacific Ocean: the British Museum's latest exhibition explores Peru.
Jan 30, 20221 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.
Jan 16, 20222 min read


Exhibition — Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything
Katsushika Hokusai is best known for his print, The Great Wave: this exhibition explores 103 of his unpublished drawings.
Jan 9, 20221 min read

Exhibition — The Du Boulay Collection
The exhibition 'Chinese Ceramics from the Anthony Du Boulay Collection' can be viewed in the Winchester College Treasury.
Nov 26, 20211 min read


The Cenotaph by Maude Parker
This watercolour, in my personal collection, is particularly moving on Remembrance Sunday.
Nov 14, 20211 min read


WinColl Collections: Mourning Lekythos
This Athenian white-ground lekythos, from around 430 BC, depicts scenes of mourning.
Nov 7, 20212 min read


Exhibition — Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: OCS Centenary
3 pieces from Winchester College's collections feature in this exhibition.
Oct 31, 20211 min read


WinColl Collections: Napoleonic Ship
This ship model was made by prisoners of war in Southampton Harbour from bone!
Oct 26, 20212 min read


WinColl Collections: Mappa Mundi
This 14th-century copy of Higden's Polychronicon contains a rare mappa mundi!
Oct 10, 20212 min read


WinColl Collections: Ulm Ptolemy
This edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia was the first atlas to be printed north of the Alps.
Oct 3, 20212 min read
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