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    Mathilde Montpetit

    Mathilde Montpetit is a PhD candidate in history at New York University, where she studies eunuchs in medieval West Africa and the Mediterranean. She lives in Berlin.

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    Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for *Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle* (ca. 1485)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

    Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle (ca. 1485)

    *Autobiography of a “Jeep”* (1943)
    Film / 
    War, Technology

    Autobiography of a “Jeep” (1943)

    Peter Kropotkin’s *Memoirs of a Revolutionist* (1899)
    Books / 
    People, Politics

    Peter Kropotkin’s Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899)

    *Nature Morte*: Chaïm Soutine’s Still Lifes (ca. 1920s)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Music & Arts

    Nature Morte: Chaïm Soutine’s Still Lifes (ca. 1920s)

    Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer *Maqāmāt* (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)
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    Stories, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Humour & Satire, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer Maqāmāt (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)

    “Quaint Dessert Dishes” in *American Homes and Gardens* (1911)
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    Animals & Beasts, Food

    “Quaint Dessert Dishes” in American Homes and Gardens (1911)

    Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schouten’s Dioramas of Suriname (1810–30)
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    Customs & Culture, People, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

    Paramaribo and the Plantation: Gerrit Schouten’s Dioramas of Suriname (1810–30)

    The Nature of the Beast: Charles le Brun’s Human-Animal Hybrids (1806)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Emotion & Expression

    The Nature of the Beast: Charles le Brun’s Human-Animal Hybrids (1806)