Under One Roof
At the Royal Museum of Scotland

Edited by Jean Jones and Mary Uhl
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1. Kind and courtiers - Limestone relief from Iraq
2. Serene perfection - Buddha from Burma
3. Ancient combat - Kylix or drinking cup from Greece
4. Elusive monarch - Slipware dish from England
5. Saints in safekeeping - Reliquary from France
6. Roasted alive - Maiolica dish from Italy
7. The birth of the Virgin Mary - Carved oak panel from Germany
8. Escape from the melting pot - Silver-gilt toilet service from France
9. Pride of lions - Porcelain lion from Germany
10. Miss Crowford collects - Jewellery and other inters collected in Scotland and abroad
11. Animals from Ancient Egypt - Hedgehog figurine and toy mouse
12. In search of immortality - mummy cartonnage from Thebes
13. Salt sailor - Silver and silver-gilt from Germany
14. Myth in enamel - Plaque from Edinburgh
15. History glass - Glass beakers from Bohemia or Vienna
16. A Scottish-Spanish alliance - Monart glass from Perth
17. Balmoral rock - Granite contact from Balmoral, Aberdeenshire
18. Anatomy of a boulder - Boulder and pebbles from Auchmithie, Angus
19. Limbless lifestyle - Skeleton of a boa constrictor
20. Stone lilies - Pentacrinites from Lyme Regis, Dorset
21. More than meets the eye - Agate from Usan, Montrose
22. Urn burial - Earthenware vessel from northern China
23. Home comfort - Embroidered hanging from Kerman, Iran
24. Imperial Style - Dragon robe from China
25. East Indiaman - Model of the D'Bataviase Eeuw, from Holland
26. Fiery cockerels - Incense burners from China
27. Celestial dancer - Sculpture of a surasundari from northern India
28. Waterproof - Cape made of seal intestines from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
29. Appeasing the spirits - Helmet mask from New Ireland
30. Hornblower - Ceremonial figure from Benin, southwest Nigeria
31. Turkish delight - Earthenware dish from Iznik, Turkey
32. The fish and the waterfall - Iron sword guard from Japan
33. East meets west - Enamelled porcelain bowl from Japan
34. Records from the tomb - Earthenware horse from Japan
35. In triplicate - Teaching microscope from France
36. Calculating the calendar - Astrolabe from Moorish Spain
37. Electric currents - Current balance from Glasgow
38. Pocket calculator - Napier's rods or 'bones' from Scotland
39. Charismatic chemist - Glass apparatus from Edinburgh
40. Building the Forth Bridge - Theodolite from York, England
41. Safety at sea - Fresnel lens from France
42. The practice of power - Helm from Herefordshire
43. Chilean rose - Tarantula moult from Chile
44. Teaching beetle - Model of a cockchafer from France
45. Mates - Fibreglass cast of a dogfish from Edinburgh
46. Fish graveyard - Fossil fish from Dura Den
47. Aldebran Giant - Shell and skin of a giant tortoise from Aldabra Island
48. Misunderstood athlete - Model of a dodo
49. Steam aristocrat - Model of a locomotive Wave from Scotland
50. All Scottish - New Gerrard motorcycle from Scotland