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Johann Joachim Winkelmann
Oxford's most famous sundial
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Philology: The Antwerp polyglot, 1568-73
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Spearhead from Deve Hüyük
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Buff Ware Rhyton from Deve Hüyük
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Tubeteika (Uzbekistan)
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Apadana tribute reliefs
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Article featuring Helen Carmichael
Boyle, Hooke and Oxford
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Modelling retrograde motion: the theory of epicycles
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Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666-1679)
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Dala Shiypon in Jarqurgon District (Surkhandaryo Viloyat, Uzbekistan)
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Sundials in antiquity
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A Florentine Poetic Anthology (MS Can. Ital. 99)
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Small quadrant of gilt brass
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Theodor de Bry, Mining in Potosí (1596)
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v
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A Commedia with a Lyric Collection (MS Can. Ital. 111)
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Ptolemy's system: more accuracy, more compromise
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Camera obscura
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Bladder fish
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Medicinal objects in princely collections
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Giulio Romano, Palazzo del Te, Mantua (1524-1535)
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Comparing fruits: carrot family
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