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Religion in the Holy Roman Empire, 1618
Goblet made from a bezoar, Prague c. 1600
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Ukrainian vyshyvanka shirts in Soviet Pamir (Tajikistan)
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Russian mother with children
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Speculum academicum (1638): an Oxford lecture timetable in tabular form
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Modelling retrograde motion: the theory of epicycles
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Tyranny of the Duke of Alva
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Plate to print: carrot
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The not so ‘dark side’
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Divinity School, 1427-83
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‘Konjica, and Bridge over the Narenta’
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T15: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of Tarkumuwa, c. 380-370 BC.
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 164)
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Inflow water clock
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From Italy to Germany, 1390: the precondition of the print revolution
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BSH15: Silver pennanular bracelet, from the Black Sea hoard
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Statue of Darius from Susa
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Immortal fame
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Mercator, World Map (1569)
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Author's inscription
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Modelling the movements of the heavens
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The mural, or Tychonian, quadrant
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Delftware Vase, Netherlands, tin-glazed earthenware with underglaze blue decoration (c. 1680)
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Recording stories and memories