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Cabinet - Sources

'The Flight of the Vestal Virgins,' Biagio di Antonio Tucci
Printed model to printed image: Senecio
Image for Printed illustration struck from a copper plate, engraved by an unknown artist, and published in Morison’s Historia Plantarum Universalis Oxoniensis (1699: Sect. 7, Tab. 12) (left).
The Rosary
Image for Rosary, Germany c. 1500-1525
Cinnamon, peppercorns, nutmeg and cloves
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Saami boys
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The 1727 Reprint of the Giuntina
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Christopher Wren's (1632-1723) plate
Image for Plate of ‘SILIQUOSÆ TETRAPETALÆ, BICAPSULARES, & QUADRICAPSULARES pappescentes & non papp.’ from Morison’s Historia Plantarum Universalis Oxoniensis (1680: Sect. 3, Tab. 11) sponsored by Christopher Wren (1632-1723).
Studiolo of Francesco I de Medici, 1570-75
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Beetles
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The terrestrial sphere: the four terrestrial elements
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Papal Coin, Boniface VIII
Itinerary
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Dutch Delft Militiamen, 1606-1674
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Macrocosm and microcosm
Image for Fludd, Utriusque cosmi historia, 1617
European bellicosity, 1100-1700
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Instruments: described in the Saggi
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Zheltoqsan (Kazakhstan)
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Books on bamboo
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Matzah (Kazakhstan)
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Arsenius, Astrolabe (1565)
Image for Clone of Arsenius, Astrolabe (1565)
The New St Peter's Basilica
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Headless Virgin and Child statue
Lithograph of building at Ornäs
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The mariner's astrolabe: an iconic instrument
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