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Alchemical Laboratory
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T27: Silver dishekel, struck at Sidon in the name of the satrap Mazaios, 336/5 BC.
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Transcription: "Mother's Hens", April 14 1915
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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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Lives of Ashkenazi Jews (Polish Citizens) in Central Asia
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Modelling retrograde motion: the theory of epicycles
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The Danby Gate (Oxford, 1632-3): a portal between two worlds
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What was printed in the 15th century?
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An Anthology of Dante’s ‘Minor’ Works (MS Can. Ital. 114)
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Convocation House, 1634-7
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A supra-national entity
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Printed model to printed image: Cyclamen
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Promotional Immigration Literature and Ephemera
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Saami bridegroom
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Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 597, folios 260r-261v
Dedication to Rudolf II
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Botanical gardeners: in the university, but not of the university
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Nova reperta: title page
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Great azimuth semicircle
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Man
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Wooden Cross (3D)
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Invention of the spyglass, 1608
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‘Croatian Clothes-shop, Agram’
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Book Forms: Overview
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