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Cabinet - Sources

Instruments: described in the Saggi
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Studiolo of Francesco I de Medici, 1570-75
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Lodestone and iron nails
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Saami cradle
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Пионерский галстук (Таджикистан)
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Morisonian Herbarium
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Female reproductive system
Statue of Darius from Susa
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Missions to India
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Key innovation: the escapement
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Worked in precious threads
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Nereid Monument, early 4th century BC.
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Queenie Vol. VI, No. 1
Introduction
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V.2 The 'studia humanitatis': what was at stake?
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'The Flight of the Vestal Virgins,' Biagio di Antonio Tucci
William Hogarth - The Analysis of Beauty (1753) Plate 1
Medicinal objects in princely collections
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BSH13: Silver bar-ingot (complete).
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T22: Silver 1/6 siglos, “King with bow and dagger” Carradice Type 4.
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The Indian Institute
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Anatomical engravings
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Spots on the sun, 1612-13
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Kara-kum Sweets (Central Asia)
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