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Cabinet - Sources

What was printed in the 15th century?
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Tomb of Darius at Naqsh-e Rustam
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Oxford's Physick Garden, 1621
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Common-sense observation: the sphere of the fixed stars
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BSH1: Silver didrachm of Segesta (Sicily), c. 475–450 BC.
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Certificates of appreciation (Kazakhstan)
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Recording stories and memories
Studiolo of Francesco I de Medici, 1570-75
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Translation of Duchêne (Tajikistan)
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Itinerary
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Jaca Bastion Fort, Spain
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Architecture: The Five Orders
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John Tradescant the Younger with Roger Friend and a Collection of Exotic Shells
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 374)
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Wooden Cross (3D)
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Mechanical galleons, Augsburg c. 1585
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Machinae coelestis: double size engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 392-3)
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Introduction
Execution of Levellers, Gloucester Green, 1649
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Museum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum, 1618: a visual commentary on the Emerald Tablet
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The three perfections: calligraphy
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Nereid Monument, early 4th century BC.
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Colantonio, St Jerome in his Study (1444)
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Mercator, World Map (1569)
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