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Cabinet - Sources

From decoration to illustration
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Prince Rupert's (1619-1682) plate
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Saxon woman
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Rose Hughes' album
Russian peasant
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Hussite Wagon-Fort
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Water clocks
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Common-sense observation: the sphere of the fixed stars
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Natural philosophy and medicine: the Schools Quadrangle
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Wellcome MS 290, fol. 52v
Saami man
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Medieval vs Early Modern Fortifications
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A satchel for a scholar
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The three perfections: poetry and painting
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Brahe's description of Uraniborg, f. 40v
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Balagan (Central Asia)
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A mathematical model?
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Harvey's Teacher in Padua: Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente (1537–1619)
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Galileo's first telescopes, 1609-10
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Models of Saami women
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II.4 'Privilegium scholasticum': the jurisdiction of the Chancellor's Court
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Надпись «Ленинград-Ташкенту» (Узбекистан)
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Crucifix Dial, Adriaan Zeelst (1588)
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Prague Astronomical Clock (1410 onwards)
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