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Cabinet - Sources

Statue of Buddha
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Anatomical engravings
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Follower of David Teniers the Younger, Alchemist in his Laboratory (early 18th century)
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A cartographical renaissance: the Western recovery of Ptolemy's Geographia, 1397-c.1460
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Medicinal objects in princely collections
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Introduction: architecture becomes a liberal art
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T32: Silver Athenian owl imitation, struck by the satrap Mazakes, (?) 331-323 BC (or earlier).
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Introduction and Contents
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Armillae aliae AEquatoriae
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 374)
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Riemann surface
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Boat on the Kitinen river
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Wrought iron bombards, early 15th century
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Assyrian relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud
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1979 offer letter
Robert Boyle's (1627-1691) plate
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Young soldier in the Middle East
Church at Tornio
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‘Mount Bielastica’
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Kara-kum Sweets (Central Asia)
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Qingbai Bowl, Southern Song dynasty, porcelain (12th Century)
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Thomas Browne, 'Posthumous works' (1712)
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JH9: Silver ingot cut from a rod or bracelet.
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Cyrus Cylinder from Babylon (BM)
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