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Cabinet - Sources

Europe c. 1000 AD
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William Wordsworth, The Prelude (London, 1850)
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Darius' Red Sea Canal Stele
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Printed model to printed image: Cyclamen
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Astronomical sextant for measuring altitudes
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Colophon, fol. 45v
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Saami bride
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Voyages of Zheng He (1405-1433)
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Johann Joachim Winkelmann
Botanical gardeners: in the university, but not of the university
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Mariner’s astrolabe, Spain, bronze (c. 1600)
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Week 6: Sites and Sources
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Relics
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Man in the Moon
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Calendrical complications
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III.4 The Three Higher Faculties: Medicine, Law, and Theology
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Memorial to Sir William Jones - University College Chapel
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Домбра Дины Нурпеисовой (Казахстан)
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Adaptation: Early papermaking in Italy, 1264
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Morison's 'Historiae': Volume 2
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Philip II of Spain by Titian (1549-1550)
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Ordinary visitors: evidence of handling
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Prisoner of War notification
Astrolabe table clock
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