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Cabinet - Sources

Tabule astronomice Alfonsi Regis (Venice, 1492)
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JH6: Silver stater of Paphos (Cyprus).
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Clay Whistle (Tajikistan and Uzbekistan)
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Examination Papers (1978)
Cantino world map (1502)
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The World in 1700
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Spearhead from Deve Hüyük
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Prisoner of War notification
Technological innovation, c. 1580
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Arcimboldo, Rudolf II as Vertumnus (1590-1591)
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Ivalo valley
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From apothecary shop to cabinet of curiosities
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The Drake Chair - Divinity Schools, Bodleian Library
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BSH2: Silver octadrachm of the Bisaltai (Thrace), fragment, c. 465 BC.
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Drawing to printed image: Blephilia
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Feuerwerkbuch (mid 15th century)
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Felice Feliciano, Alphabetum Romanum
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Jardin des Plantes in Paris (1636)
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Saami man
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Drawing of trees
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Assyrian relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud
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The Four Voyages of Columbus (1492-1504)
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Towers of the Orders before Merton
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T14: Silver stater struck at Tarsos in the name of the general Pharnabazos, c. 380-373 BC.
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