Cabinet - Sources

BSH4: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, c. 450–425 BC.
Image for BSH4: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, c. 450–425 BC. Kraay and Moorey 1981, no.7. [Obverse]
Common-sense observation: the sphere of the fixed stars
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Spoon of reindeer antler
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The irony of the Ptolemaic renaissance: geographical knowledge versus cartographical method, 1582
Image for Ptolemy World Map, 1482
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, MS C 54, fol. 41v
Convocation House, 1634-7
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Drawing of pottery vessels
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Clone of New plants, new medicines
Image for Tobacco Plant, from Nicolas Monardes' Historia medicinal (1574)
Rosso Fiorentino, Elephant Fresco (c. 1536)
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Clock with Automated Procession of Bacchus, ca 1580
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A cartographical renaissance: the Western recovery of Ptolemy's Geographia, 1397-c.1460
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Drawing of Mount Bjelašnica
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The first map of 'America': the Waldseemüller map, 1507
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Domenico Gargiulo, Piazza del Mercato
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Albrecht Dürer, Stag beetle, 1505
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The First Printed Edition of the Vita Nuova, 1576
Image for 1576 Vita Nuova - Copy: Taylor Institution Library, VET.ITAL.I.A.145 Rare N11217057
The Savilian Professorships, 1619
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The 1491 First Edition of Dante's Lyric Poetry
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The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy
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Narrating Dante's Life and Love Through His Lyric Poetry
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Box in the form of a crab, 16th-17th century
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Apadana tribute reliefs
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A Scientific Revolution
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Wellcome MS 290, fol. 52v