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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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Autores principales: Fiddyment, Sarah, Goodison, Natalie J., Brenner, Elma, Signorello, Stefania, Price, Kierri, Collins, Matthew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8074970/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33959357
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202055