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Cabinet - Sources

Petrarch’s Canzoniere and Triumphs with one sonnet attributed to Dante (MS Can. Ital. 70)
Mechanical galleons, Augsburg c. 1585
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Shrunken Glove (3D)
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Printing in Venice
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Русско-таджикский словарь философской терминологии (Таджикистан)
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John Gerard, The herball or Generall historie of plantes (London, 1597)
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I.1. University foundations in Europe, 1400-1800
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Inflow water clock
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Statues of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, Canterbury Quadrangle, St John's College
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Pierre Belon, 'De aquatilibus, Libri duo' (1553)
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The newly acquired Gothic coffer
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The moons of Jupiter
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Justus Lipsius (1547-1606)
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Abyssinian roll of parchment
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Anatomical videos
Luis de Camoens, The Lusiad (London, 1655)
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BSH3: Silver tetradrachm of Akanthos (Chalcidice), fragment, c. 470 BC.
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Darts
Javelin-head from Deve Hüyük
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Dedication (cont.)
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Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Growers' Guide, April 7, 1915
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Map of Europe in 1519
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Immortal fame
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Execution of Levellers, Gloucester Green, 1649
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