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Philosophers guiding research
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Albrecht Dürer, Stag beetle, 1505
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II.4 'Privilegium scholasticum': the jurisdiction of the Chancellor's Court
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Reimagination
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Cabinet for Ferdinand II of Tyrol, c. 1582
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David Loggan’s ‘Hortus Botanicus' (1675)
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Tomb of Darius at Naqsh-e Rustam
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The first permanent anatomical theatre: Padua, 1594
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‘Mysterious Sepulchres, Podove’
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Transcription: "Women and Land."
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Music: printing with movable type, 1501
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Monographing plants
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Drawing of a Turkish café
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Icon of Mahatma Gandhi
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Hemispherical bowl from Deve Hüyük
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Supplement regarding the subdivision and dioptre of the instruments, fol. 44r
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Printed model to printed image: Senecio
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Box in the form of a crab, 16th-17th century
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II.2 'Universitas': the original meaning of the term
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Shrunken Glove (3D)
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The Suitcase (Kazakhstan)
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The Idle Shepherd Boys (vol. 2)
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Queenie No. 5, Vol. VIII
Map of the New World, 1544
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