Cabinet will be decommissioned on 22 June 2026, as the underlying technologies on which it depends have reached end of life. The Cabinet website will no longer be available after this date.

Content owners are responsible for ensuring that any required materials are requested and downloaded before 22 June 2026. If you require access to content you have created and have not yet contacted us, please email digital.education@ctl.ox.ac.uk with the subject line “Cabinet” as soon as possible.

Thank you.

Cabinet - Sources

‘Bulgarian Profile’
Image for 'Bulgarian Profile.'
Petrus Severinus, Idea medicinae philosophicae, 1571
Image for Petrus Severinus, Idea medicinae philosophicae
Ottoman Turkish map: fragment of the world map of Piri Reis, 1513
Image for Surviving fragment of the world map of Piri Reis (1513)
Movable type
Image for square characters
Vase made of artillery shell
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
Image for Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
Nova reperta: the mechanical clock
Image for Nova reperta: the mechanical clock
Wrought iron bombards, early 15th century
Image for Wrought iron bombards
3D scans of rock structures
Image for Whole structure scan
The early modern siege
Image for Siege of Breda, 1637
The microcosm: The four humours of Galenic medicine
Image for The four elements and the four Galenic humours
Verses in praise of Tycho Brahe by Rudolph Caukerchius
Image for Clone of bfa0083
Happy Birthday
Resettlement Registration Application (Tajikistan)
Image for Resettlement Registration Application (Tajikistan)
Dutch Trade Routes
Image for Dutch Trade Routes
​Boats on the Torne river
Image for Boats on the Torne river 1
Saxon woman
Image for Saxon woman 1
'Tradescant's Orchard' Herbal
Image for Clone of Grape from 'Tradescant's Orchard'
Background: Botany in Ancient and Medieval Europe
Image for Background: Botany in Ancient and Medieval Europe
Anatomical Theatres
Image for Anatomical Theatres
Rembrandt, Self portrait
Image for Rembrandt, Self portrait
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v
Image for Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v
A cartographical renaissance: the Western recovery of Ptolemy's Geographia, 1397-c.1460
Image for A cartographical renaissance: the recovery of Ptolemy's Geographia
The four terrestrial elements
Image for The four terrestrial elements