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Cabinet - Sources

Lithograph of men hunting sea lions
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Transitions to print: Virgil, Eclogues (Aldus Manutius, 1501)
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T1: Silver tetradrachm in the name of Maussollos, satrap of Caria (377-353 BC).
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Sextans Astronomicus Trigonicus
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Quentin Metsys, Erasmus Medal (1519)
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Disorder
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Самовар (РСФСР/Афганистан, ок. 1925)
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The Houses of Tradescant and Ashmole, South Lambeth
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Thomas McGarry
III.2 Grammar as key to the tower of learning
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Kepler's three laws: a second astronomical revolution
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Giulio Romano, Palazzo del Te, Mantua (1524-1535)
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Rubens, Apotheosis of James I (1634)
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A poem written by Christopher Wordsworth at Winchester
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Saami woman
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Nova reperta: the mechanical clock
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The Savilian Professorships, 1619
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Astronomical tower clocks, ca 1380-1588
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Follower of David Teniers the Younger, Alchemist in his Laboratory (early 18th century)
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Pope Julius II by Raphael (1511)
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Bodleian, MS Ashmole 5, fol. 34v
Terracotta 'Persian rider' from Selemieh
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15. Eyeglasses
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'Universitas': the original meaning of the term
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