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From the Bobarts' Herbaria to Morison's Plantarum historiae universalis Oxoniensis (1699)
Wrought iron bombards, early 15th century
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Oxford as a Window on Seventeenth-Century Science
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VI.2 The overall pattern: matriculations and foundations
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Musical Clock with Spinet and Organ, Augsburg, ca 1625
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Boyle, Hooke and Oxford
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The maps of Mao Yuanyi (c. 1621)
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BSH1: Silver didrachm of Segesta (Sicily), c. 475–450 BC.
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The three perfections: poetry and painting
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 41r
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Morisonian Herbarium
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Медаль материнства первой степени (Центральная Азия)
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Fust and Schoeffer in Mainz, 1457-1466
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Mercator, World Map (1569)
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Camera obscura
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Domenico Gargiulo, Piazza del Mercato
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Daniel Sennert (1572-1637)
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Anthony Wood (1632-1695) and Postmaster's Hall
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Wax profile of William of Wykeham
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Gnomonics
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Drawing of a lake
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Medal of “Motherhood” (Central Asia)
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‘Outline of Tracery’
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Examination Papers (1975-6)