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Cabinet - Sources

Terracotta 'Persian rider' from Selemieh
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Domenico Remps, 1690s
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Drawing of the Church of Saint Jacob in Hudiksvall
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Introduction
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Purpose
Newton's prism experiment
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Theodor de Bry, Mining in Potosí (1596)
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Christopher Wren's (1632-1723) plate
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Sonnets by Dante in a Lyric Miscellany (MS Can. Ital. 65)
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Cinnamon, peppercorns, nutmeg and cloves
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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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T25: Gold double-daric, “King with bow and spear”. Carradice Type 3.
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Караганда (Казахстан)
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court (glass negative)
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BSH6: Silver siglos/drachm of “Sinope”, uncertain mint (“Class A”), perhaps c. 450–425 BC.
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Kepler's three laws: a second astronomical revolution
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Drawing of pottery vessels
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Пионерский галстук (Таджикистан)
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Буквари для бухарсксих евреев (Центральная Азия)
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Islamic Alchemy: A Primer
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V.2 The 'studia humanitatis': what was at stake?
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Letter from Laurence Dunne
Islamic calligraphy
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Introduction
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