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V.2 The 'studia humanitatis': what was at stake?
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John Fell's (1625-1686) plate
Image for Plate of ‘PLANTÆ GALEATÆ verticillatis affines capsulis multis granulis refertis’ from Morison’s Historia Plantarum Universalis Oxoniensis (1699: Sect. 11, Tab. 24) sponsored by John Fell (1625-1686).
Letter from Joseph Derbyshire
8. Silk or the silk worm
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Female reproductive system
Medieval Arabic cartography, 1154 CE: sophisticated representation of an expanding world
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Henry Power, 'Experimental philosophy, in three books' (1664)
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Clone of New plants from the New World
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Spoon of reindeer antler
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Title Page of 12 Articles
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Portable Sundials
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Japanese 'Inro' Watch
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Clone of A Musket Ball Puller in Dresden
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Relics
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Giambologna, The Rape of the Sabine Woman (1582)
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Beetles
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Automata
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T6: Silver stater, so-called “Croesid”, struck at Sardeis after 547/6 BC.
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John Calvin (1509-1564)
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The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy
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Casting from life, c. 1560-70
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T16: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of the satrap Mazaios, c. 361-333 BC.
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Spoon of reindeer antler (3-D)
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JH8: Silver bar-ingot, cut down to size from a larger bar.
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