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Cabinet - Sources

Saami cradle
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William Gilpin, Observations on the River Wye and Several Parts of South Wales (London, 1789)
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Sundials in 17th-century Oxford
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Rudolf II by Hans von Aachen (1606/1608)
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Astronomical Clock, Rostock
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T21: Silver siglos, “King with bow and dagger” Carradice Type 4.
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Beer cellar
Queenie Vol. VIII, No. 2
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v
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Eurasia and Africa c. 1025 AD
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Statue of Darius from Susa
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Bartolomé de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Frankfurt, 1598)
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The Bodleian and the King
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Glory to Belgium
Houses and totem poles in Masset (glass negative)
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Insects
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Revolving azimuth quadrant
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Calendrical complications
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Lodestone and iron nails
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The 1491 First Edition of Dante's Lyric Poetry
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The earliest book printed with movable type (1377)
Studiolo of Francesco I: Prometheus and Nature
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'Palissy Ware' Dish
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Modelling retrograde motion: the theory of epicycles
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