Female dress from the time of Henry VI mb-code BE003719 c1849-c1866

c1849-c1866

Anatomical study showing the effect of cholera on the small intestine

Engraving of Tycho Brahe's bipartite arc for measuring small angular distances of stars ('Arcus bipartitus minoribus siderum distantiis inserviens')

College barges on the River Isis

Female dress from the time of Henry VI mb-code BE003719 c1849-c1866Female dress from the time of Henry VI, 1421 1471, (1910). Woman wearing a horned headdress with coronet and large cauls. The robe is short waisted, with a train in front and behind, and a V shaped opening in the bodice. The cincture (girdle) is very broad, with a gypciere hanging from it. The underdress is decorated with heraldic designs. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).