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Cabinet - Sources

Poster "Educate the children to work"
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10. The Watermill
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Clone of Vesalius - De humani corporis fabrica cover (in depth)
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Santucci's sphere, Florence, 1588-93
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Xerxes and the Persians in "300".
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Paper flowers
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Cylinder seal with royal hero and Bes figure
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Ptolemy's system: more accuracy, more compromise
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Произведение искусства Сюзан Бушнак (Узбекистан)
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Raphael, Baldassare Castiglione (c.1514-1515)
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Spearhead from Deve Hüyük
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Houses and totem poles in Masset
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Comparing fruits: carrot family
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Introduction
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Raphael, Drapery study (c. 1508)
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Drawing of Ukonsaari
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Japanese pillar clock
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Angels
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II.1 Where, and what, was the university?
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Drawing of classical tombstones
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Anthony Wood (1632-1695) and Postmaster's Hall
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Christopher Wren
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JH5: Silver diobol of Miletos (Ionia).
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The 15th-century printing types
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