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The three perfections: calligraphy
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Prague, 1584: Celestial globe clock
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The Decrees of the Council of Trent
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Arsenius, Astrolabe (1565)
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The mechanical clock: origin and purpose
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‘Konjica, and Bridge over the Narenta’
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‘Wanderers’ and the problem of retrograde motion
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Глиняная свистулька (Узбекистан и Таджикистан)
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Albrecht Dürer, Self-portrait in fur coat, 1500
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The four humours
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Displaying ‘kindreds and affinities’
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Русско-таджикский словарь философской терминологии (Таджикистан)
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Quadrant, England, brass (17th century)
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Russian peasant
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Перевод Дюшена (Таджикистан)
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Плакат «Приучайте детей к труду» (Кыргызстан)
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Cotton Combines (Tajikistan)
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Europe c. 1000 AD
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Portuguese and Spanish Trade Routes
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Introduction
Map of religious divisions in the Swiss Confederation (1536)
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Банка с курдючным жиром (Казахстан)
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Cylinder seal with royal hero and Bes figure
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Revolving azimuth quadrant
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