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Cabinet - Sources

Anatomy theatre as museum
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Drawing of three people
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'Urne-Buriall and The Garden of Cyrus', illustrated by Paul Nash (1932)
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Russian couple
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The astrolabe
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Printed model to printed image: Cyclamen
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Clone of An Orthopaedic Stretcher from the Dresden Kunstkammer
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 42r
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Autobiography of Udjahorresne
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Cantino world map, 1502
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A box for going to sea?
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Beer cellar
Saami cradle
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 41r
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Grandmother's spindle (Kyrgyzstan)
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Map of Median Empire (c. 600 BC)
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Photo of Azamat Altay and Chingiz Aitmatov (USA-Kyrgyzstan)
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Chaplain's Collar
BSH5: Silver tetradrachm of Athens, fragment, c. 450–425 BC.
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VI.3 The founder: a university professor
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Drawing of a Bulgarian man
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Casting from life, c. 1560-70
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Plaque with note
Indian Institute, Broad Street
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