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Cabinet - Sources

Repurposed buildings: churches
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Grandmother's spindle (Kyrgyzstan)
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Karaburun Tumulus II, early 5th century BC.
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Tail fat glass jar (Kazakhstan)
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Collegio Ghislieri, University of Pavia
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New plants, new medicines: tobacco
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Different "Dantes" for the 20th Century
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Robert Plot
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Vatican Library, MS Pal.lat. 1709, fol. 44r
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BSH10: Silver siglos, probably minted at Sardeis. Mid-late 5th century BC.
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John Tradescant Jr in his Garden
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Буквари для бухарсксих евреев (Центральная Азия)
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Oxford's defences, 1644: a garbled map
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An experiment in the Accademia del Cimento
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Bodleian, MS Canon. Misc. 559, fol. 2r
The origin and spread of botanical gardens in European universities
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Oldenburg's correspondence
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Clone of 'Tradescant's Orchard' Herbal
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Missions to Japan
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VI.7 The Reformation as lecture
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Venetian territories and trade routes
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"Achaemenid Bowl" from Deve Hüyük (B)
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Clone of New plants from the New World
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Book Forms: Folded Books
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