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Cabinet - Sources

Digitising objects
Saxon woman
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Arcus Bipartitus
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From apothecary shop to cabinet of curiosities
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Jan van der Straet, The Alchemist's Laboratory (1570)
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Petrus Severinus, Idea medicinae philosophicae, 1571
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David Loggan (1634–1692)
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Clone of An Orthopaedic Stretcher from the Dresden Kunstkammer
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Invention of the spyglass, 1608
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Printed model to printed image: Senecio
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Islamic calligraphy
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An anatomical landmark: Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, 1543
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A fragmented polity
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Michael Maier, Symbola aureae mensae, 1617
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The newly acquired Gothic coffer
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Анкета-заявление на переселение (Таджикистан)
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The four terrestrial elements
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Piazza del Popolo (c. 1662-1681)
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Silver "Achaemenid Bowl" (BM)
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Printing and salvation in Japan: One Million Pagodas, ca. 764–70 CE
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Natural philosophy and medicine: the Schools Quadrangle
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British Victory Medal
Ostrich egg
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An unlikely duo
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