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Cabinet - Sources

Pickled Cucumbers (Kyrgyzstan)
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Aristotelianism in Medicine
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John Parkinson's 'Theatrum botanicum' (1640)
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Examination Papers (1978)
A trip to the moon
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The 15th-century printing types
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Statues of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, Canterbury Quadrangle, St John's College
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Missions to China
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Plant to printed image: Helichrysum
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Andrea Palladio, Villa Barbaro, Maser - Veneto (1554-1558)
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Hooke's microscope
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Automata
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T5: Gold stater, so-called “Croesid”, struck at Sardeis after 547/6 BC.
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Finnish boy
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Dutch Delft Militiamen, 1606-1674
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Transcription: "Mother's Holiday."
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Gaudy 1988
Arts End, 1610-12
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Transcription: "Mother's Hens," March 31 1915
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Male reproductive system
Saami cradle
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JH4: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, fragment.
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Karaburun Tumulus II, early 5th century BC.
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Globus Magnus Orichalcicus
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