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Cabinet - Sources

From apothecary shop to cabinet of curiosities
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Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)
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Felice Feliciano, Alphabetum Romanum
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Seal of Darius I (BM)
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Nabonidus Chronicle (BM)
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Towers of the Orders before Merton
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Ceramic vessels, terrapin whistle and greenstone amulets, the Bay Islands, Cocal Period (1000–1530 AD)
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Netsuke representing Tanuki, the raccoon dog (3-D)
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Bodleian, MS Rawl. D. 939 (section 5, verso)
Медаль материнства первой степени (Центральная Азия)
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Sentimental cards
Plant to printed image: Helichrysum
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Тюбетейка (Узбекистан)
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The terrestrial sphere: the four terrestrial elements
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Drawing of Mount Bjelašnica
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‘Christian Gravestone’
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Drawing of classical tombstones
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Transcription: "Women and Land."
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The four treasures of the study: ink, inkstone, brush, and paper
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Aristotelianism in Medicine
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Lateral Wall Gyri Model - Functional
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Printed model to printed image: Cyclamen
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Lateral Wall Sulci Model
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Cabinet for August of Brunswick-Lüneburg, c. 1630
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