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Cabinet - Sources

Karaburun Tumulus II, early 5th century BC.
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Ismail al-Jazari's Elephant clock, ca 1200
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The mariner's astrolabe: an iconic instrument
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The Gutenberg Bible
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Anatomy theatres
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Carlo Plato, Armillary Sphere (1588)
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Churches at Sodankylä
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Interior of Grote Kerk, Haarlem by Pieter Saenredam
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Background: Botany in Ancient and Medieval Europe
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Домбра Дины Нурпеисовой (Казахстан)
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court (print)
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JH10-JH17: Earrings from the Jordan hoard
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by the author (p. 308)
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Colantonio, St Jerome in his Study (1444)
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Behistun relief and inscription
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T1: Silver tetradrachm in the name of Maussollos, satrap of Caria (377-353 BC).
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War and Peace in Europe, 1598-1650
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Saami woman and daughter
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Feuerwerkbuch (mid 15th century)
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Hugh Robinson's Textbook (1616)
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T14: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of the general Pharnabazos, c. 380-373 BC.
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 140)
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Bodleian, MS Ashmole 399, folios 18r-22r
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