Cabinet - Sources

Order in Council (1978)
The first superintendent: Jacob Bobart the Elder (c. 1599-1680)
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The reception of De motu cordis
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Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, c. 1490
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Great azimuth semicircle
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Anatomy theatres
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An experiment in the Accademia del Cimento
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Tomb of Sharshembii Uulu Abdykadyr (Kyrgyzstan)
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Maps as symbols of power: Gallery of Maps, Vatican Palace, 1580-83
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The arts: liberal and mechanical
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The Cotton Symbol (Uzbekistan)
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The problem of mobility: Mons Meg, 1449-97
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Novum Testamentum Graece (Strasbourg, 1524)
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Bodleian Library, MS Canon. Ital. 258, fol. 32r
The Pakhtakhor-79 Monument (Uzbekistan/Ukraine)
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Plant to drawing: Geranium and Sideritis
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Titian, Portrait of Isabella d'Este (c. 1534-1536)
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Lithograph of Saami herding reindeer
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Reimagination
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Lithograph of Saami sleds
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Clone of San Zeno Wheel (Verona, c. 1450)
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Secrets of the calendar
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Raphael, School of Athens (1509-1510)
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Gunpowder Warfare
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