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Cabinet - Sources

Studiolo of Francesco I: A Renaissance Worldview
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Pierre Belon, 'De aquatilibus, Libri duo' (1553)
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New plants, new medicines: tobacco
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Sundials in antiquity
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Gorytus-tip from Deve Hüyük (BM)
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Wenzel Jamnitzer (c.1508-1585), Silver writing box
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Globe cup, Zurich c. 1580–90
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‘Croat Woman in the Agram Market’
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Sentimental cards
50 Iranian Rial Banknote of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
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Sundials in antiquity
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Heinrich Khunrath, 'Ora et Labora' (1609)
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Forte Michelangelo, Civitavecchia, Roma (1508-1535)
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Dante's Canzoniere in Britain
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New-world diseases and treatments
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Resettlement Registration Application (Tajikistan)
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Thomas Browne, 'Religio Medici' (1642)
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Jacopo Antonio Marcello Presents the Manuscript of Strabo to Rene d'Anjou (1459)
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Sphaera civitatis
Model of the ‘Santa María’, wood and cloth
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Lantern clock with pyramid stand (c. 1700)
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Book Forms: Bound Volumes
Javelin-head from Deve Hüyük
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Reproduction photograph of Alfred Robinson’s painting of Star House Pole (glass negative)
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