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Cabinet - Sources

Urban VIII by Pietro da Cortona (c. 1624-1627)
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Rhinoceros horn cup, Prague 1611
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5. Mechanical clock
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Merton College, 1608-10
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BSH4: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, c. 450–425 BC.
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Calligraphy
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Peter Mundy, 1634
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University of Helmstedt
Imperial free cities, 1648
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Universities, 1400-1650: an introduction
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Oxford's most famous sundial
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II.5 'Authentica habita': Academic garments to distinguish town from gown
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Crown “Tilla Kash” (Kyrgyzstan)
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Francois Dubois, St Bartolomew's Day Massacre
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Saami group
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Author's inscription
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Drawing of Mount Bjelašnica
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Colophon, fol. 45v
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court (stereograph)
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Mechanical galleons, Augsburg c. 1585
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Astronomical tower clocks
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Nova reperta: the mechanical clock
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Armillary Sphere, Rome, 1588
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Saami child
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