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Cabinet - Sources

The Bibliophile Jean Grolier (1479-1565)
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Johann Daniel Mylius (c. 1583–1642)
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Spearhead from Deve Hüyük
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Common-sense interpretation: concentric spheres in uniform circular motion around the stationary earth
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Saami cradle
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Picture postcards
Anabaptism in Early Modern Europe
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Dutch Trade Routes
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Supplement regarding the subdivision and dioptre of the instruments, fol. 44r
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The Cost of Books and the Cost of Living
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Bodleian, MS Digby 81, fol. 128v
An Anthology of Dante’s ‘Minor’ Works (MS Can. Ital. 114)
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Week 7: Sites and Sources
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Augsburg cabinet, ca 1650
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Missions in the Americas
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Man in the Moon
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Silver "Achaemenid Bowl" (BM)
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Giovanni Dondi's Astrarium, 1364
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Astronomical Clock, Rostock
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Kano Naizen, Portuguese Carrack in Nagasaki (late 16th-early 17th century)
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Recording stories and memories
Article featuring Helen Carmichael
The mariner's astrolabe: derivation and usage
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Geographies of collecting
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