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Cabinet - Sources

Collegio Ghislieri, University of Pavia
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Plaque with note
15. Eyeglasses
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Vesalius - De humani corporis fabrica cover (in depth)
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Желтоксан (Казахстан)
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Russian bread seller
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Laocoon and his Sons
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Transcription: "Mother's Hens", May 5 1915
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Tomb of Darius at Naqsh-e Rustam
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Cotton scale (Tajikistan)
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Transcription: "Use The Language of Love."
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Drawing of a Saami teacher
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 200)
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Aristotle's four elements and Galen's four humours
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Cartographic table, Nuremberg, c. 1553
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Collections in the Upper Gallery
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Queenie Vol. VIII, No. 2
BSH10: Silver siglos, probably minted at Sardeis. Mid-late 5th century BC.
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Thomas Hobbes
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Arts End, 1610-12
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Russian couple
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
Plant to printed image: Helichrysum
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Invention of the spyglass, 1608
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