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Cabinet - Sources

II.6 Academic hierarchies
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Soldier portraits
'The Flight of the Vestal Virgins,' Biagio di Antonio Tucci
Rene Descartes
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Andrea Pozzo, Ceiling of Sant'Ignazio Church, Rome (1685)
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A Miscellany Written in Prison (MS Can. Ital. 50)
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Spoon of decorated reindeer antler
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I.1. University foundations in Europe, 1400-1800
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Quadrant, England, brass (17th century)
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Albrecht Dürer, Self-portrait in fur coat, 1500
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John Gerard, The herball or Generall historie of plantes (London, 1597)
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Images and Objects in the Study of Seventeenth-Century Science
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Saami mother and child
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T22: Silver 1/6 siglos, “King with bow and dagger” Carradice Type 4.
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Gunpowder Warfare
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Geographies of collecting
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Forte Michelangelo, Civitavecchia, Roma (1508-1535)
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Head of a fly
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Izal Toilet Tissue (3D)
Izal Toilet Tissue (3D)
Jan van der Straet, The Alchemist's Laboratory (1570)
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The First 20 Years, 1450-1470: Earliest specimens in print
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Saami man
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Repurposed buildings: churches
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Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
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