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Cabinet - Sources

Robert Boyle, Sceptical Chymist, 1661
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Necklace with acorn pendants from the Lydian Treasure
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Imser Planetary Clock, ca 1554-61
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A Florentine Poetic Anthology (MS Can. Ital. 99)
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John Tradescant Jr in his Garden
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Самовар (РСФСР/Афганистан, ок. 1925)
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Saami man
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T25: Gold double-daric, “King with bow and spear”. Carradice Type 3.
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Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 392-3)
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Wellcome MS 290, fol. 52v
Introduction
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Astronomical Device (3D)
Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (pp. 420-21)
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Guercino, Allegory of Painting (c. 1618)
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Spoon of decorated reindeer antler
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From apothecary shop to cabinet of curiosities
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Rolling Ball Clock, Augsburg, ca 1600
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The three perfections: calligraphy
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Elephant Automaton Clock, Augsburg, 1600-10
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The 15th-century printing types
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Hemispherical sundial
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The irony of the Ptolemaic renaissance: geographical knowledge versus cartographical method, 1582
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Rolling Ball Clock, Augsburg, ca 1600
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South Porch, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, 1637
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