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Hooke's microscope, 1665
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Ukrainian vyshyvanka shirts in Soviet Pamir (Tajikistan)
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Oxford's defences, 1648
Johanes Stradanus, Nova reperta (1600)
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Plant to printed image: Helichrysum
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Studiolo of Isabella d'Este
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Andrea Palladio, Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice (1566-1610)
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Russian man
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Homesteading in Canada
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Fragment of the Rose Tapestries, wool and silk (1480s)
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Al-Idrīsī's world map, 1152
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Botanical Gardens
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Sentimental cards
The newly acquired Gothic coffer
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T6: Silver stater, so-called “Croesid”, struck at Sardeis after 547/6 BC.
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Attic Lekythos from Deve Hüyük
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Quadrans Vetus
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Saxon woman
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Recreation of Ancient Paintings: Botticelli, The Calumny of Apelles (1496-1497)
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Saami group
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Cinnamon, peppercorns, nutmeg and cloves
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Drawing of the Church of Saint Jacob in Hudiksvall
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What was printed in the 15th century?
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Piazza del Popolo (c. 1662-1681)
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