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Cabinet - Sources

The Medieval Worldview
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Santucci's sphere, Florence, 1588-93
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Popes
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The terrestrial sphere: the four terrestrial elements
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Embriachi Casket (3D)
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The Victoria Cross
Avarice
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Pavilion
Drawing of classical tombstones
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Мозаика (Казахстан)
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The newly acquired Gothic coffer
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BSH10: Silver siglos, probably minted at Sardeis. Mid-late 5th century BC.
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Clone of Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, 1543
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The Idle Shepherd Boys continued (vol. 2)
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Macrocosm and microcosm
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
Inscribed oracle bones, 12th century BCE
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'Catalogus Herbarum ex horto Botanico Oxoniensi' (1676)
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Ismail al-Jazari's Elephant clock, ca 1200
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Clone of Anatomy theatre, Padua, 1594
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Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Grower's Guide, April 21, 1915
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Secrets of the calendar
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Russian egg seller
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Diana on a centaur, 1602-6
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