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Cabinet - Sources

Apadana tribute reliefs
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Drawing of the interior of a church
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Houses and totem poles in Masset (glass negative)
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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The Oxford Philosophical Society
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Cartography: the Waldseemüller map, 1507
Lithograph of antlers and weapons
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The Slave Trade
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Transcription: "Mrs Shepherd on Poultry."
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Ball gown
Justus Lipsius (1547-1606)
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2. Magnetic Compass
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Pickled Cucumbers (Kyrgyzstan)
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Medicinal objects in princely collections
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Nabonidus Chronicle (BM)
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Collegio Ghislieri, University of Pavia
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Dombra of Dina Nurpeisova (Kazakhstan)
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Comparing fruits: carrot family
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New plants from the New World
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Pitt Rivers Museum, looking east across the Court (stereograph)
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Joseph Du Chesne (Quercetanus) (1546-1609)
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Danby Gate, Botanical Garden, 1632-3
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A Commedia with a Lyric Collection (MS Can. Ital. 111)
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Carried into exile
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