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Cabinet - Sources

Botanical gardeners: in the university, but not of the university. Jacob Bobart the Younger (1641–1719)
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Giambologna, The Rape of the Sabine Woman (1582)
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Map of Assyrian Empire (824 BC and 671 BC)
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T27: Silver dishekel, struck at Sidon in the name of the satrap Mazaios, 336/5 BC.
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Transcription: "The Star's Letter Box."
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"Homesteads for Women" by Fanny Shepherd.
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Comparing fruits: carrot family
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Galileo's first telescopes, 1609-10
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Pitt Rivers Museum ‘wrapped’, east end of the Court
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) by Lucas Cranach the Elder
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Town and gown: Authentica habita and the Privilegium scholasticum
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Ghirlandaio, Confirmation of the Franciscan Rule (1485)
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Prague Astronomical Clock (1410 onwards)
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Goblet made from a bezoar, Prague c. 1600
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Rosso Fiorentino, Elephant Fresco (c. 1536)
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Saami man
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Silver and gold phiale from the Lydian Treasure
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Islam in the 9th Century
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Karaburun Tumulus II, early 5th century BC.
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Поэтический памятник советского постмодернизма (Таджикистан)
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The Savilian Professorships, 1619
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Cabinet for Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, 1632
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Souvenir badge from the Bibi-Khanym Mosque
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Drawing of Bosnian people
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