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Cabinet - Sources

Francois Dubois, St Bartolomew's Day Massacre (24 August 1572)
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Tabule astronomice Alfonsi Regis (Venice, 1492)
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Cylinder seal with royal hero and Bes figure
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court (glass negative)
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Drawing of a quern
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Letter from Edward Burnett Tylor to Henry Balfour, 21 November 1901
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An Ethiopian mahdar
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James Hannington - St. Peter's College
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Orbis sensualium pictus, 1658
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Pitt Rivers Museum, looking south-east across the Court
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Hugh Robinson's Textbook (1616)
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Rembrandt, Self portrait
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Wooden Shield
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Mercator, World Map (1569)
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What was printed in the 15th century?
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Украшения бабушки (Кыргызстан)
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Meydancıkkale
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Raphael, The Disputation on the Sacrament (1509-1510)
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John Fell's (1625-1686) plate
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Robert Boyle's (1627-1691) plate
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‘Croatian Clothes-shop, Agram’
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Mask of a 'Covid Skull'
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Battle of White Mountain (8 November 1620)
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Spoon of reindeer antler
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