David Forsyth, Principal Curator of Renaissance and Early Modern History, Stefka Bargazova, Artefact Conservator and Helen Wyld, Senior Curator of Historic Textiles, examine the Jewel while Edinburgh Film Company’s Luke Moodley sets up for the shoot.
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