University of Aberdeen Collections
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We spotted them in use on @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Instagram story today!
July 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We spotted them in use on @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Instagram story today!
Red - Physical Disabilities
This is made by a piece of red tartan carpet that came from Balmoral. It was specially woven for Balmoral and was in Queen Victoria's bedroom.
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This is made by a piece of red tartan carpet that came from Balmoral. It was specially woven for Balmoral and was in Queen Victoria's bedroom.
ABDUA:64518
July 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Red - Physical Disabilities
This is made by a piece of red tartan carpet that came from Balmoral. It was specially woven for Balmoral and was in Queen Victoria's bedroom.
ABDUA:64518
This is made by a piece of red tartan carpet that came from Balmoral. It was specially woven for Balmoral and was in Queen Victoria's bedroom.
ABDUA:64518
Yellow - Neurodiversity
This is a slice from a piece of glass slag, likely Roman. Enormous slabs of glass would be produced in furnaces, broken into chunks and transported to workshops to be made into vessels.
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This is a slice from a piece of glass slag, likely Roman. Enormous slabs of glass would be produced in furnaces, broken into chunks and transported to workshops to be made into vessels.
ABDUA:60632
July 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Yellow - Neurodiversity
This is a slice from a piece of glass slag, likely Roman. Enormous slabs of glass would be produced in furnaces, broken into chunks and transported to workshops to be made into vessels.
ABDUA:60632
This is a slice from a piece of glass slag, likely Roman. Enormous slabs of glass would be produced in furnaces, broken into chunks and transported to workshops to be made into vessels.
ABDUA:60632
White - Invisible and Undiagnosed Disabilities
This is from an oil painting - ‘Winter’ by Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935), a Scottish artist well known for his snowy winter landscapes.
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This is from an oil painting - ‘Winter’ by Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935), a Scottish artist well known for his snowy winter landscapes.
ABDUA:33001
July 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
White - Invisible and Undiagnosed Disabilities
This is from an oil painting - ‘Winter’ by Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935), a Scottish artist well known for his snowy winter landscapes.
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This is from an oil painting - ‘Winter’ by Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935), a Scottish artist well known for his snowy winter landscapes.
ABDUA:33001
Blue - Mental Illness
Egyptian fertility amulet of Taweret. Taweret is a blending of lion, hippo, crocodile, and human attributes. The three animals were some of the fiercest species found in ancient Egypt.
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Egyptian fertility amulet of Taweret. Taweret is a blending of lion, hippo, crocodile, and human attributes. The three animals were some of the fiercest species found in ancient Egypt.
ABDUA:20014
July 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Blue - Mental Illness
Egyptian fertility amulet of Taweret. Taweret is a blending of lion, hippo, crocodile, and human attributes. The three animals were some of the fiercest species found in ancient Egypt.
ABDUA:20014
Egyptian fertility amulet of Taweret. Taweret is a blending of lion, hippo, crocodile, and human attributes. The three animals were some of the fiercest species found in ancient Egypt.
ABDUA:20014
Green - Sensory Disabilities
This is a from the body of a model of Watt's steam engine for pumping water. This is the same stream engine that fired the industrial revolution.
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This is a from the body of a model of Watt's steam engine for pumping water. This is the same stream engine that fired the industrial revolution.
ABDNP:200045
July 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Green - Sensory Disabilities
This is a from the body of a model of Watt's steam engine for pumping water. This is the same stream engine that fired the industrial revolution.
ABDNP:200045
This is a from the body of a model of Watt's steam engine for pumping water. This is the same stream engine that fired the industrial revolution.
ABDNP:200045
Charcoal - Mourning
Represented here by an Argillite plate. The base is elaborately carved with circles, tobacco leaves, diamonds and curved lines. The negative space is patterned in relief with small raised diamond shapes.
ABDUA:5571
Represented here by an Argillite plate. The base is elaborately carved with circles, tobacco leaves, diamonds and curved lines. The negative space is patterned in relief with small raised diamond shapes.
ABDUA:5571
July 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Charcoal - Mourning
Represented here by an Argillite plate. The base is elaborately carved with circles, tobacco leaves, diamonds and curved lines. The negative space is patterned in relief with small raised diamond shapes.
ABDUA:5571
Represented here by an Argillite plate. The base is elaborately carved with circles, tobacco leaves, diamonds and curved lines. The negative space is patterned in relief with small raised diamond shapes.
ABDUA:5571
This post has made us start singing "I was quite notorious for catapulting venomous snakes at Rome's enormous crowds, oh how they fled..."
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The Evil Emperors Song 🎶 | Rotten Romans | Horrible Histories
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June 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This post has made us start singing "I was quite notorious for catapulting venomous snakes at Rome's enormous crowds, oh how they fled..."
youtu.be/qWwAC9dOTCE?...
youtu.be/qWwAC9dOTCE?...