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Cabinet - Sources

Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 392-3)
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Invention of the spyglass, 1608
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Verses in praise of Tycho Brahe by Rudolph Caukerchius, fols. 44v-45r.
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Pierre Gassendi, 'Institutio Astronomica' (1683)
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Drawing of a Saami cradle
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Maps as symbols of power: Gallery of Maps, Vatican Palace, 1580-83
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III.3 The Seven Liberal Arts
A chemise binding
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Cells
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Armillary Sphere (from 1613)
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Plate to print: carrot
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Portable Sundials
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Clone of Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, 1543
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Rubens, Apotheosis of James I (1634)
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Medieval vs early modern fortifications
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The Little Blue Book
Buff Ware Rhyton from Deve Hüyük
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'Palissy Ware' Dish
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Quentin Metsys, Diptych of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Pieter Gilles (c. 1517)
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Elephant Automaton Clock, Augsburg, 1600-10
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Cilicia: Sites and Sources
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Print: "Mother's Hens", the Grain Grower's Guide, April 21, 1915
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Lives of Ashkenazi Jews (Polish Citizens) in Central Asia
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Domenichino, Triumphal Arch (c. 1609)
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