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Designed for travel
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The four treasures of the study: ink, inkstone, brush, and paper
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China under the Song Dynasty
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Finnish man
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Richard Verstegan, Theatrum Crudelitatem Haereticorum Nostri Temporis (1587)
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Drawing of a lake
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BSH15: Silver pennanular bracelet, from the Black Sea hoard
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Opium Banknote (Turkestan)
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Tomb of Darius at Naqsh-e Rustam
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Accessing unchained books
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 597, fol. 259v
T17: Silver tetradrachm struck at Tarsos in the name of Alexander the Great, c. 333-327 BC.
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The Woman Who Did
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Introduction
The Danby Gate (Oxford, 1632-3): a portal between two worlds
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Crown “Tilla Kash” (Kyrgyzstan)
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Apadana tribute reliefs
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II.5 'Authentica habita': Academic garments to distinguish town from gown
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18. The astrolabe
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Colantonio, St Jerome in his Study (1444)
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Iconoclasm in the Low Countries
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Title page (vol. 2)
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T15: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of Tarkumuwa, c. 380-370 BC.
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Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Grower's Guide, May 26, 1915
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