Cabinet - Sources

Transcription: "A Year and a Day."
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Picture postcards
Hooke's microscope, 1665
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The mechanical clock: origin and purpose
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Russian women
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Happy Birthday
BSH19: Fragment of silver sheet, from the Black Sea hoard
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The Idiot Boy (vol. 1)
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The Star-Spangled Banner
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Family of Sigismund I Jagiellon, c. 1565
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Beyond Mainz: The Diaspora of Printing Shops
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Imser Planetary Clock, ca 1554-61
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Saami bride and groom
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'Tradescant's Orchard' Herbal
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Надпись «Ленинград-Ташкенту» (Узбекистан)
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Arcimboldo, Rudolf II as Vertumnus (1590-1591)
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Sextans Chalibeus
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Рисовые поля (Казахстан/Кыргызстан)
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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Cyrus Cylinder from Babylon (BM)
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Cinnamon, peppercorns, nutmeg and cloves
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Introduction
Harvey's Teacher in Padua: Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente (1537–1619)
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Cardo