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Cabinet - Sources

Advancement of Learning (Oxford, 1640)
The Ming Empire (1368-1644)
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Musaeum Calceolarii, 1622
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Central Oxford in 1578
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'Tradescant's Orchard' Herbal
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Pitt Rivers Museum, looking north-east across the Court
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Russian man and woman
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Rene Descartes
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Mechanical galleons, Augsburg c. 1585
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Pioneer scarf (Tajikistan)
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The Waldseemüller map, 1507
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Ceramic vessels, terrapin whistle and greenstone amulets, the Bay Islands, Cocal Period (1000–1530 AD)
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Giulio Romano, Palazzo del Te, Mantua (1524-1535)
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Natural philosophy and medicine: the Schools Quadrangle
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Town and gown: Authentica habita and the Privilegium scholasticum
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Technological innovation, c. 1580
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Oswald Croll, Basilica chymica, 1609
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Shrunken Glove (3D)
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Saami woman
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Family portraits
Works of art in family homes in Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court
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Russian man
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Map of Median Empire (c. 600 BC)
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