Girding the loins? Direct evidence of the use of a medieval English parchment birthing girdle from biomolecular analysis
In this paper, we describe palaeoproteomic evidence obtained from a stained medieval birth girdle using a previously developed dry non-invasive sampling technique. The parchment birth girdle studied (Wellcome Collection Western MS. 632) was made in England in the late fifteenth century and was thoug...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2021-03-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.202055 |