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Cabinet - Sources

Johanes Stradanus, Nova reperta (1600)
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Laocoon and his Sons
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Pietro da Cortona, Ceiling of Palazzo Barberini, Rome (1633-1639)
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Hemispherical sundial
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Zuccaro, Doorway to Palazzo Zuccari (1590)
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A chemise binding
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Book Forms: Handscrolls
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Astrolabes: How do they work?
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Daniel Sennert (1572-1637)
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Portrait of a Saami girl
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BSH19: Fragment of silver sheet, from the Black Sea hoard
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Javelin-head from Deve Hüyük
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Маца (Казахстан)
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Cabinet for Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, 1632
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The four terrestrial elements
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Mapping the moon
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Clone of The fifth element and medieval cosmology
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Ostrich egg
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Frunze Museum, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)
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Lithograph of a Swedish man and woman
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Writing Systems
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Hemispherical silver bowl with gold appliqués (BM)
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T11: Silver stater struck at Tarsos, c. 410-385 BC.
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Domenichino, Triumphal Arch (c. 1609)
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