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Cabinet - Sources

Naqsh-e Rustam: Achaemenid Tombs and Sasanian Reliefs.
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Javelin-head from Deve Hüyük
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Astronomical Clock, Rostock
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VI.6 The Reformation as disputation
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The Houses of Tradescant and Ashmole, South Lambeth
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The spread of printing in Europe, 1455-1500
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Reimagination
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Revolving azimuth quadrant
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From apothecary shop to cabinet of curiosities
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Japanese 'Inro' Watch
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Crucifixion in coral
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Movable type
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Theodor de Bry, Mining in Potosí (1596)
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Raphael, School of Athens (1509-1510)
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9. Stirrups
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Abyssinian roll of parchment
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Letter from Robert Hanley Hall to Edward Burnett Tylor, 15 February 1902
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Bronze phiale from Deve Hüyük
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Lithograph of a Saami market
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Follower of David Teniers the Younger, Alchemist in his Laboratory (early 18th century)
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Pietro da Cortona, Dying St Alessio (c. 1638)
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Pilgrimage
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Cushion starfish
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3D scans of rock structures
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