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Lasting Impressions: Seals from the Islamic World is a travelling photographic exhibition from the British Library and the British Museum, which explores how Islamic seals were made and used, what was written on them and how they were decorated.
The story of Islamic seals is told through images of clay, metal and gemstone seals from the British Museum dating from the 9th to the 19th centuries, and seal impressions stamped on royal letters, documents and manuscript books held in the British Library.
Lasting Impressions was produced with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund to mark the acquisition of the Raffles Family Collection in 2007.
Leicester
Lasting Impressions - Highfields Community Library, Leicester, 25 August 2010 - 29 September 2010
At the end of August Lasting Impressions travels to Leicester, the third of seven venues where the display will be on show until late in September.
Birmingham
Lasting Impressions - Birmingham Central Library, 6 October 2010 - 27 October 2010
The Birmingham Central Library welcomes Lasting Impressions in October, as the exhibition reaches the half-way point of its national tour.
Lewisham
Lasting Impressions - Lewisham Library, 3 November 2010 - 17 November 2010
In November Lasting Impressions travels south to Lewisham Library in London.
Cambridge
Lasting Impressions - Ancient India and Iran Trust, Cambridge, 24 November 2010 - 8 December 2010
The penultimate venue for the touring Lasting Impressions exhibition is the Ancient India and Iran Trust in Cambridge.
London
Lasting Impressions - British Museum, 15 December 2010 - 23 February 2011
The final stage of the Lasting Impressions travelling exhibition takes place at the British Museum in Central London.