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Medieval European cartography, c. 1280: speculative and symbolic
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The Cotton Symbol (Uzbekistan)
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Pay book
Rice fields (Central Asia)
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 41r
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 254)
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Pope Julius II by Raphael (1511)
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Drawing of Lake Vänern
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John Parkinson's 'Theatrum botanicum' (1640)
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Stupidity
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Nereid Monument, early 4th century BC.
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Doll (Kazakhstan)
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Columbus's lucky mistake: the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, 1492
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
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Bird Rattle (3D)
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Queenie Vol. VIII, No. 3
Virgil, Eclogues (Aldus Manutius, 1501)
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VI.2 The overall pattern: matriculations and foundations
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Sundials in antiquity
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Anatomical Theatres
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Examination Papers (1978)
JH3: Silver stater of Thasos, fragment.
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Illustrations
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Pilgrimage and the Jubilee
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