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Cabinet - Sources

Letter from John Wordsworth to his father Revd Wordsworth
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Nova reperta: the mechanical clock
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Cabinet for Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, 1632
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The key to miniaturisation: the Fusee, early 15th century
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Johann Joachim Winkelmann
Astronomical tower clocks
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The Apadana at Persepolis
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Invention of the spyglass, 1608
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Astrolabes: How do they work?
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The end of the Hundred Years' War, 1453
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Nova reperta: title page
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Antiquarianism in the Aegean
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Epilogue: 1470 and after
From decoration to illustration
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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The Astronomical Clock of Richard of Wallingford (d. 1336)
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JH10-JH17: Earrings from the Jordan hoard
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Anaphoric water clock, ca 50 BCE
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Saami child
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T5: Gold stater, so-called “Croesid”, struck at Sardeis after 547/6 BC.
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Andrea Palladio, Villa La Rotonda, Vicenza (1567-1585)
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A box for going to sea?
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Design of Stjerneborg
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A kiss from your daddy