Cabinet - Sources

Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon (England, late 14th century)
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Letter: "Homesteads for Women."
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Prince Rupert's (1619-1682) plate
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Map of Assyrian Empire (824 BC and 671 BC)
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Bernard Palissy (attributed), Oval Platter
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New plants from the New World
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Depiction of Mecca by Louis-Nicolas de Lespinasse, 1787
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Minerva on a triumphal chariot, Augsburg, ca 1620
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A mathematical model?
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, ff. 42v - 43r
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Modelling the movements of the heavens
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The State Robe of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony, 1611
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Great steel quadrant, inscribed in a square, also of steel, and revolving in azimuth
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Robert Hooke
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Gorytus-tip from Deve Hüyük (BM)
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Anatomy: a manual art, 1493
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From apothecary shop to cabinet of curiosities
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Pietro Perugino, The Delivery of Keys to St Peter (1481-1482)
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From decoration to illustration
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Indian Institute
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Meydancıkkale
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The first map of 'America': the Waldseemüller map, 1507
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Galileo's first telescopes, 1609-10
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Tombstone (Uzbekistan)
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