Cabinet - Sources

Aristotle's four elements and Galen's four humours
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Alexander VII, by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (after 1650)
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Charter of Queen Philippa (1347)
Drawing of The Seven Sisters
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The first superintendent: Jacob Bobart the Elder (c. 1599-1680)
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Dombra of Dina Nurpeisova (Kazakhstan)
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The First Printed Edition of the Vita Nuova, 1576
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Gnomonics
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Quadrans Magnus Chalibeus Quadrato Inclusus
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Technological innovation, c. 1580
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Dedication (cont.)
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Virgil, Eclogues (Aldus Manutius, 1501)
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Sentimental cards
Ecclesiastical territories: the palace of the prince-bishop of Würzburg
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Lake Suolajarvi
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Anecdote About Homesteading from George Shepherd
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Jan van Kessel, the Elder, c. 1650-3.
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Queenie
Francis Bacon at 17 years of age, 1578
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Redesigning the college library: Merton, 1589-90
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Translation of the Qu'ran by Sayyid Mahmud Tarazi (Uzbekistan/India)
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The world's earliest dated printed book: The Diamond Sutra, 868 CE
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Armillae AEquatoriae maximae
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Cyrus Cylinder from Babylon (BM)
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