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Cabinet - Sources

Islamic calligraphy
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Relics
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Virgil, Eclogues (Aldus Manutius, 1501)
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Revolving azimuth quadrant
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The Cotton Symbol (Uzbekistan)
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v
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Bernard Palissy (attributed), Oval Platter
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Proof, plate editing and print
Image for Proof, published plate and reverse of the copper printing plate of ‘GRAMINA LOLIACEA, DACTYLA, PHALARIS, PANICUM, ijsq[ue] congenera’ from Morison’s Historia Plantarum Universalis Oxoniensis (1699: Sect. 8, Tab. 3). Plants drawn and copper plate engraved
Medieval vs Early Modern Fortifications
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Oswald Croll, Basilica chymica, 1609
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Samuel Puchas, Purchas his pilgrimes, vol. 3 (London, 1625)
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Quadrans Maximus
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Russian mother with children
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Geoffrey Shepherd's Letters Pt. 2
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Elephant Automaton Clock, Augsburg, 1600-10
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Дала-шийпон (Узбекистан)
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Pietro da Cortona, Ceiling of Palazzo Barberini, Rome (1633-1639)
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Hooke's microscope, 1665
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Inscription to Cecil Rhodes - King Edward Street
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Drawing of pottery vessels and other items
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Zodiac Man
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Bodleian, MS Rawl. D. 939 (section 5, verso)
Plant to drawing: Geranium and Sideritis
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7. Distillation
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