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Cabinet - Sources

Alexander VII, by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (after 1650)
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Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 597, folios 260r-261v
The King's Gate, Corpus Christi College
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Printed model to printed image: Blechnum
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Clone of Anatomy theatre, Padua, 1594
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Вымпел Невада-Семипалатинск (Казахстан)
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Terracotta 'Persian rider' from Selemieh
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Travel authorisation by Arshama
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The mariner's astrolabe and Portuguese exploration
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Ceramic vessels, terrapin whistle and greenstone amulets, the Bay Islands, Cocal Period (1000–1530 AD)
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Books
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My grandmother’s jewellery
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Models of Saami women
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T15: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of Tarkumuwa, c. 380-370 BC.
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Lake Suolajarvi
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'The Flight of the Vestal Virgins,' Biagio di Antonio Tucci
Frunze Museum, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)
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Title page of Through Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on Foot... (1876)
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Украшения бабушки (Кыргызстан)
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Sewing machine
Bodleian, MS Ashmole 5, fol. 34v
Promotional Immigration Literature and Ephemera
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John Gerard, The herball or Generall historie of plantes (London, 1597)
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Soldier’s Letters
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