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Cabinet - Sources

Plate to print: process
Image for Plate of ‘UMBELLÆ semine villoso seu hispido donatae.’ from Morison’s Historia Plantarum Universalis Oxoniensis (1699: Sect. 9, Tab. 13), together with the face and reverse of the copper plate from which it was printed.
Saami man
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Ukrainian vyshyvanka shirts in Soviet Pamir (Tajikistan)
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The Astronomical Clock of Richard of Wallingford (d. 1336)
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Inscriptions on ritual vessels, 11th century BCE
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Ordinary visitors: evidence of handling
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Astronomical tower clocks, ca 1380-1588
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"Homesteads for Women" by Fanny Shepherd.
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Fanny's Chickens
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Inscribed oracle bones, 12th century BCE
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Saami couple
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Casino di San Marco: 'The House of Nature'
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The Cost of Books and the Cost of Living
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The three perfections: poetry and painting
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Venetian territories and trade routes
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Adaptation: Early papermaking in Italy, 1264
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A supra-national entity
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Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
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Salamander Detail from Francis I Gallery
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Religion in the Holy Roman Empire, 1618
The mariner's astrolabe: an iconic instrument
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The problem of mobility: Mons Meg, 1449-97
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Danby Gate, Botanical Garden, 1632-3
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Descartes's correspondence
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