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Cabinet - Sources

Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici: Introduction
Image for Studiolo of Francesco I de Medici, c. 1570-74
Star Fort of Bourtange, Netherlands (1593)
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Ribeiro planisphere of 1529
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Christopher Wren's (1632-1723) plate
Image for Plate of ‘SILIQUOSÆ TETRAPETALÆ, BICAPSULARES, & QUADRICAPSULARES pappescentes & non papp.’ from Morison’s Historia Plantarum Universalis Oxoniensis (1680: Sect. 3, Tab. 11) sponsored by Christopher Wren (1632-1723).
Aristotle's four elements and Galen's four humours
Image for The Galenic Humours, by Lois Hague, 1991
The Astronomical Clock of Richard of Wallingford (d. 1336)
Image for Richard of Wallingford's Astronomical Clock
Anabaptism in Early Modern Europe
Image for Dirk Willems Saves his Pursuer
The transmission of knowledge: From manuscript to print
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Plant to printed image: Helichrysum
Image for Plant to printed illustration in Helichrysum orientale (Asteraceae). Two dried specimens and a pen-and-ink drawing from the Morison Herbarium (main label in the hand of Jacob Bobart the Younger)
Nature
Image for Integra naturae speculum artisque imago, 1618
Missions in the Americas
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Elephant Automaton Clock, Augsburg, 1600-10
Image for Elephant Clock, LUMA
T18: Silver siglos, “King half-length” Carradice Type 1.
Image for T18: Silver siglos, “King half-length” Carradice Type 1. [Obverse]
The five orders as sets of mathematical proportions: Hans Blum, 1550
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Minerva on a triumphal chariot, Augsburg, c. 1620
Image for Minerva on a triumphal chariot, Augsburg, c. 1620
Orozbakov’s Manas (Kyrgyzstan)
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Invention of the spyglass, 1608
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The first image of a Printing Shop
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Gallery of Maps, Vatican Palace, 1580-83
Image for Gallery of Maps, Vatican Palace, 1580-83
T24: Gold daric, “King with bow and spear”, Carradice Type 3.
Image for T24: Gold daric, “King with bow and spear”, Carradice Type 3. [Obverse]
Lapis Philosophicus
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Imser Planetary Clock, ca 1554-61
Image for Imser clock, Vienna
The mariner's astrolabe and Portuguese exploration
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Marshall Refracting Microscope, c. 1715
Image for Marshall Refracting Microscope, c. 1715