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Drawing of a quern
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Shrunken Glove (3D)
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Background: Botany in Ancient and Medieval Europe
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"One small step..."
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Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Grower's Guide, May 12, 1915
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court
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The origin and spread of botanical gardens in European universities
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Synopsis of the statutes of the University of Oxford in broadsheet form (1635)
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Draft of a letter from Edward Burnett Tylor to Archer Baker, 18 January 1901
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Silver and gold phiale from the Lydian Treasure
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The first image of a Printing Shop
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Johann Joachim Winkelmann
Советская пиала (Узбекистан)
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Sundials in 17th-century Oxford
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Karaburun Tumulus II, early 5th century BC.
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Pavilion
The Four Voyages of Columbus (1492-1504)
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Drawing of flax being prepared
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Religion: Luther and the Reformation, 1517
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Henry Compton's (1631/2-1713) plate
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Looking to the future
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Medial Wall Gyri Model
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Ptolemy World Map, 1540
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Ostrich egg
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