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‘wunderkammer’

The Cabinet of Curiosities at Manchester College

The Cabinet of Curiosities at Manchester College The eccentric Wonders found in Manchester College’s Cabinet of Curiosities, as narrated by a schoolboy guide c. 1863

Mrs Love’s Appendix: Odd Relics and Mementos

Mrs Love’s Appendix: Odd Relics and Mementos The papers of the past were fascinated by “secular relics:” mementos of war, crime, love, and death.