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Cabinet - Sources

John Wilkins
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Theophrastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus (1493-1541)
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Ruin
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Drawing of a lake
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Hooke's Micrographia, 1665
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'Like a bundle of thin laths'
Toward miniaturisation: the Fusee
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Man in the Moon
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The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus
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'Catalogus Herbarum ex horto Botanico Oxoniensi' (1676)
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Кукла (Казахстан)
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Saami buildings on Lake Suolajarvi
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Xylography before typography, 1423 and after
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Anatomical Theatres
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'Star forts', 'gunpowder fortifications', and the 'trace italienne'
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Johann König, Last Judgement on alabaster, before 1632
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Relics
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Abyssinian roll of parchment
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I.3. University matriculations in Germany and England, 1400-1810
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court (glass negative)
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University of Helmstedt
VI.9 Unintended consequences
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Советские ховли: типовой одноквартирный дом (Узбекистан)
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VI.2 The overall pattern: matriculations and foundations
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