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Cabinet - Sources

'Palissy Ware' Dish
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T1: Silver tetradrachm in the name of Maussollos, satrap of Caria (377-353 BC).
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Jardin des Plantes in Paris (1636)
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Machinae coelestis: engraved Plate by I. Saal after A. Stech (p. 164)
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Galileo's most decisive telescopic observation: the phases of Venus, 1610-23
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Common-sense observation: the sphere of the fixed stars
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Entrance Book (3D)
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Darts
Lake Suolajarvi
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"One small step..."
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T25: Gold double-daric, “King with bow and spear”. Carradice Type 3.
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Drawing of The Seven Sisters
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Bishops
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Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
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Inscription of 'Cyrus' at Pasargadae
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Letter
16. Terrestrial longitude
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Studiolo of Francesco I: Prometheus and Nature
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Medicinal objects in princely collections
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Enquiry about a missing soldier
BSH18: Silver ram's head terminal, from the Black Sea hoard
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Attic Lekythos from Deve Hüyük
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BSH3: Silver tetradrachm of Akanthos (Chalcidice), fragment, c. 470 BC.
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The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy
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