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Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)
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The Ming Empire (1368-1644)
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Map of the New World, 1544
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Spoon of decorated reindeer antler
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New medicines, new collections: From apothecary shop to cabinet of curiosities
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Johanninpoika Marataja
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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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The New St Peter's Basilica
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Dedication (concluded)
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VI.1 The Reformation and the universities: continuity or change?
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Armillae AEquatoriae
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Mariner’s astrolabe, Spain, bronze (c. 1600)
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John Gerard, The herball or Generall historie of plantes (London, 1597)
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Botanical gardeners: in the university, but not of the university. Jacob Bobart the Younger (1641–1719)
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Saami woman
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University botanical gardens: Padua, 1543
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Boat on the Kitinen river
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Classical architecture arrives in Oxford, 1599
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Alchemical Laboratory
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Quadratura circuli (1643): an Oxford lecture timetable in tabular form
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‘Bosnian Belle’
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Spoon of reindeer antler
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Clone of Portable Sundials
Medal of “Motherhood” (Central Asia)
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