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Cabinet - Sources

Saami child
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Modelling the movements of the heavens
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Statue of Darius from Susa
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The parallatic or ruler-instrument
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Common-sense observation: the sphere of the fixed stars
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Translation of the Qu'ran by Sayyid Mahmud Tarazi (Uzbekistan/India)
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Santucci's sphere, Florence, 1588-93
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) by Lucas Cranach the Elder
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 41r
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Finnish boy
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Looking to the future
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Divinity School, 1427-83
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Silver and gold phiale from the Lydian Treasure
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The early modern siege
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Studiolo of Francesco I: The Fire Wall
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Brick-stamp from Ur (BM)
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Inscriptions on ritual vessels, 11th century BCE
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by the author (p. 372)
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Finnish man
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‘Head of Brenese Peasant’
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Soldier’s Letters
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Drawing of a Croatian woman
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The Campaigns of the Nabonidus Chronicle
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Poster "Educate the children to work"
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