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Indian Institute
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The mariner's astrolabe: an iconic instrument
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Anatomical engravings
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Saxon urn
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Clone of San Zeno Wheel (Verona, c. 1450)
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Box in the form of a crab, 16th-17th century
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Carta Pisana, ca 1275-1300
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by the author (p. 372)
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Dante's Canzoniere in Britain
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Missions to China
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T14: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of the general Pharnabazos, c. 380-373 BC.
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Astronomical tower clocks, ca 1380-1588
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Seal of Darius I (BM)
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Cinnamon, peppercorns, nutmeg and cloves
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Mercury and Sulphur in Splendor Solis
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Polish man smoking a pipe
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Ecclesiastical territories: the palace of the prince-bishop of Würzburg
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Raphael, School of Athens (1509-1510)
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A Florentine Poetic Anthology (MS Can. Ital. 99)
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The world's earliest dated printed book: The Diamond Sutra, 868 CE
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Drawing of pottery vessels
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Colophon, fol. 45v
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Philip II's El Escorial (1564-1584)
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Ancient Egyptian scarab beetles (c. 3100–525 BC)
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