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Cabinet - Sources

JH5: Silver diobol of Miletos (Ionia).
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 40v
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6. Guaiacum and syphilis
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Spoon of decorated reindeer antler
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Timekeeping devices
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Outflow water clock, ca 1350 BCE
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Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Grower's Guide, May 5, 1915
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The earliest book printed with movable type (1377)
Drawing of an Alchemical House from Libavius (1606)
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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Man in the Moon
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Statue of Queen Philippa (3D)
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‘Outline of Tracery’
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Minerva on a triumphal chariot, Augsburg, c. 1620
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Astronomical sextant for measuring altitudes
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JH2: Silver tetradrachm of Akanthos (Chalcidice), fragment, c. 470 BC.
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Bernard Palissy (attributed), Oval Platter
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Marshall Refracting Microscope, c. 1715
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Origins of paper
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The ancient papermaking process
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Mercator, World Map (1569)
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Titian, Portrait of Isabella d'Este (c. 1534-1536)
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Prague Astronomical Clock (1410 onwards)
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Mask of a 'Covid Skull'
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