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Cabinet - Sources

Ordering plants
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Globe cup, Zurich c. 1580–90
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Globe cup, Zurich c. 1580–90
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The King and the Bodleian
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Harvey's Teacher in Padua: Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente (1537–1619)
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Memphis Customs Account
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An experiment in the Accademia del Cimento
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Models of Saami men
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Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, MS C 54, fol. 41v
Naming plants
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Follower of David Teniers the Younger, Alchemist in his Laboratory (early 18th century)
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Henry Power, 'Experimental philosophy, in three books' (1664)
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Anatomy theatre as museum
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Common-sense observation: the sphere of the fixed stars
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‘Mysterious Sepulchres, Podove’
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Украшения бабушки (Кыргызстан)
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Palazzo Carignano, Turin (1679)
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Paper flowers
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Raphael, School of Athens (1509-1510)
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Origins of coins in the Black Sea Hoard
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Book Forms: Bound Volumes
Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 184)
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Archibald Pitcairne's (1652-1713) plate
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William Holman Hunt, Study of four Eastern figures (c. 1870)
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