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Cabinet - Sources

Tradition
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Richard Verstegan, Theatrum Crudelitatem Haereticorum Nostri Temporis (1587)
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Stradanus, Distillation (Nova Reperta)
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The oldest sundials
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Saami buildings on Lake Suolajarvi
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Duke Humfrey's Library before Bodley
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My grandmother’s jewellery
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An Anthology of Dante’s ‘Minor’ Works (MS Can. Ital. 114)
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Dedication (cont.)
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Spoon of reindeer antler
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Novum Testamentum Graece (Strasbourg, 1524)
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Medicinal objects in princely collections
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Geographies of collecting
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The Four Voyages of Columbus (1492-1504)
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Key innovation: the escapement
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Dutch Trade Routes
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Почтовые марки с изображениями архитектурных памятников Самарканда (Узбекистан)
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Statue of Queen Philippa (3D)
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Mask of a 'Covid Skull'
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A Scientific Revolution
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Dedication to Rudolf II
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Qingbai Bowl, Southern Song dynasty, porcelain (12th Century)
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The astrolabe
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Saami boys
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