Cabinet - Sources

Theodor de Bry, Mining in Potosí (1596)
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Porter's note
The growth of the empire, c. 559-500 BC
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Promotional Immigration Literature and Ephemera
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Inscriptions on ritual vessels, 11th century BCE
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Minerva on a triumphal chariot, Augsburg, ca 1620
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Venice from Nuremberg Chronicle
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Daniel Sennert (1572-1637)
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Peter Mundy, 1634
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Saami group
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Transitions to print: Virgil, Eclogues (Aldus Manutius, 1501)
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 13002, folios 2v-3r
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Spoon of reindeer antler (3-D)
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Small quadrant of gilt brass
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Divinity School, 1427-83
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Rolling Ball Clock, Augsburg, ca 1600
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Bembo Family's Sallust
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The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy
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T17: Silver tetradrachm struck at Tarsos in the name of Alexander the Great, c. 333-327 BC.
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Galileo's most decisive telescopic observation: the phases of Venus, 1610-23
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Nautilus Cup with Eagle Claw (1526-1575)
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‘Outline of Tracery’
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Robert Plot
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Immortal fame
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