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Cabinet - Sources

Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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Medicinal objects in princely collections
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Key innovation: the escapement
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Russian man
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Bernard Palissy (attributed), Oval Platter
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William Burge and the abolition debate
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Danby Gate, Botanical Garden, 1632-3
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Sundials
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Between two worlds: The Danby Gate to the Physic Garden in Oxford, 1632-3
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Monk automaton, probably Spanish, ca 1550
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Botticelli, The Calumny of Apelles (1496-1497)
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Botanical gardens outside Italy
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Tomb of Sharshembii Uulu Abdykadyr (Kyrgyzstan)
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Itinerary
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Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 597, folios 260r-261v
An Anthology of Dante’s ‘Minor’ Works (MS Can. Ital. 114)
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The Rudolphine Tables (1627)
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The mechanical clock: origin and purpose
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Polish man
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Ferrante Imperato, 1599
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'The Flight of the Vestal Virgins,' Biagio di Antonio Tucci
Terracotta 'Persian rider' from Al Mina (3D)
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Photo Album 1979 – 1982
BSH15: Silver pennanular bracelet, from the Black Sea hoard
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