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Cabinet - Sources

Anatomical engravings
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Lithograph of Saami fishermen
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Islamic calligraphy
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Doll (Kazakhstan)
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A view from Tibet
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JH8: Silver bar-ingot, cut down to size from a larger bar.
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v
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Religion in the Holy Roman Empire, 1618
Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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David Teniers the Younger, The Alchemist (1643/45)
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Outflow water clock, ca 1350 BCE
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Произведения искусства в семейных интерьерах Ташкента (Узбекистан)
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Robert Morison (1620-83)
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 41r
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The mariner's astrolabe: an iconic instrument
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BSH10: Silver siglos, probably minted at Sardeis. Mid-late 5th century BC.
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Silver
Course description
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Different "Dantes" for the 20th Century
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Philology: The Antwerp polyglot, 1568-73
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Drawing of a camp-fire
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I.2. College foundations in Oxford and Cambridge, 1249-1878
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Ptolemy's system: more accuracy, more compromise
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Piero della Francesca, Flagellation (c.1455–1460)
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