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Cabinet - Sources

План-схема Самарканда (Узбекистан)
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Cabinet for Ferdinand II of Tyrol, c. 1582
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Supplement regarding the subdivision and dioptre of the instruments
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The British War Medal
Mystics
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Inscription (Uzbekistan)
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Курт (Kaзахстан)
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Inflow water clock
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Saami couple
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Mosaic philosophy
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Comparing fruits: carrot family
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Johannes Kepler, 'Harmonices Mundi' (1619)
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Qingbai Bowl, Southern Song dynasty, porcelain (12th Century)
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Letter from Robert Hanley Hall to Edward Burnett Tylor, 15 February 1902
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Wenzel Jamnitzer (c.1508-1585), Silver writing box
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Spoon of reindeer antler
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Cushion starfish
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An anatomical landmark: Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, 1543
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Iconoclasm in the Low Countries
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Silver "Achaemenid Bowl" (BM)
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Fanny the Writer: "Mother Amazed Us All."
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Anatomical theatres: Padua, 1594
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Domenichino, Triumphal Arch (c. 1609)
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Dala Shiypon in Jarqurgon District (Surkhandaryo Viloyat, Uzbekistan)
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